Word origin
[1400–50; late ME (‹ OF) ‹ LL
participābilis which can be shared, equiv. to L
particip(
āre) to
participate +
-ābilis -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: curl, dial, gallery, partition, transit-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)