capabilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”) + -ābilis (“-able”). === Adjective === capābilis (neuter capābile); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin) (Late Latin) comprehensible (Late Latin) intelligent (Medieval Latin) capable ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: capable → French: capable → Louisiana Creole: capabe → Haitian Creole: kapab → Mauritian Creole: kapav → Romanian: capabil → Norman: capabl'ye === References === “capabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "capabilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “capabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.