[1790–1800; ‹ L putrēsc(ere) to grow rotten + -ible]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, echelon, infiltration, standby, stereotype-ible is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to”.Other words that use the affix -ible include: possible, responsible, reversible, submersible, visible