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- Late Latin · derived fromcapābilis
- Middle French · borrowed fromcapable
- English todaycapable
Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
capable
ca·pa·bleToday it means: Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something. Full definition →
Middle French capable ← Late Latin capābilis