词根词缀:-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀:pel-, -pell, -pellent, -peal

【来源及含义】Latin: push, beat, strike, knock, drive

【相关描述】Don't confuse this pel- unit with another pel- group meaning "mud, earth, clay".

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "push, shove, thrust": osmo-; puls-; trud-.

【同源单词】appeal, appealable, appealer, appealingly, appealingness, appellant