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- Latin · learned borrowing fromalibilis
- English todayalible
Learned borrowing from Latin alibilis, from alō (“feed, nourish”) + -ibilis (“-ible”). First attested in c. 1650.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Nourishing. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Latin alibilis, from alō (“feed, nourish”) + -ibilis (“-ible”). First attested in c. 1650.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.