able

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 148 words | Copyright

able having sufficient power; †apt, fit. XIV. — OF. :- L. habilis, f. habēre have, hold (see -ILE); cf. ABILITY.
Hence ably XIV.

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