[1620–30; impress1 + -ible]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acid, contact, geometric, hotbed, midshipman-ible is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to”.Other words that use the affix -ible include: deductible, reversible, sensible, susceptible, tangible