[1560–70; ‹ LL expiābilis, equiv. to expiā(re) to expiate + -bilis-ble]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bump, clinch, ellipsis, event, identity-ble is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to”.Other words that use the affix -ble include: feeble, noble, separable, sociable, venerable