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词根词缀:-ability

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed"

【相关描述】Just a few examples out of hundreds of words presented as the noun forms of -able; forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able; the quality in an agent that makes an action possible. The suffix -ible has related meanings.

【同源单词】absolute permeability, absorbability, accountability, achievability, acquirability, adaptability

词根词缀:sali-, salt-, -sili-, sult-, -salta-

【来源及含义】Latin: to leap, leaping; to jump, jumping; to hop, hopping; to spring forward, springing forward

【相关描述】Don't confuse this sali-, salt-; "jump" unit with another sal-, sali- unit which refers to "salt".

【同源单词】assail, assailability, assailable, assailant, assailed, assault