The story
- Latin · derived fromprobābilis“that may be proved, credible”
- Old French · derived fromprobable
- Middle English · inherited fromprobable
- English todayprobable
From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin probābilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from probāre (“to test, examine”); see probe, probity, prove. Compare recent doublet provable.
Words from the same roots
Latinprobābilis all →
probablenessunprobably
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.