Etymology

labile

la·bile
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Today it means: Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. Full definition →

Middle French labile ← Latin lābilis ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₂b-der.?
  2. Latinlābor
  3. Latinlābilis
  4. Middle Frenchlabile
  5. English todaylabile

Borrowed from Middle French labile, borrowed from Latin lābilis (“slipping, transitent”).

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