The story
- Old French · derived fromanable
- Latin · derived frominhabilis
- English todayaneabil
Uncertain. Possibly from ane (a variant of one) + -able, or an alteration of onlepy. Alternatively, from the Latin inhabilis, used to refer to an unmarried man, or Old French anable. Whether the word was used as an adjective or a noun is uncertain.
Words from the same roots
Latininhabilis all →
inhabile
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.