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词根:-li-, -lig-, -ly-

【词根含义】:捆,约束

【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语动词ligo, -are, -avi, -atus(捆,约束)。

【同源单词】:alliance, allied, liability, liable, reliability

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:-ility

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; meaning, ability, ability to [do something]

【同源单词】ability, agility, arability, cardiomotility, contractility, ductility

词根词缀:lig-

【来源及含义】Latin: tie, bind

【同源单词】alliance, alligate, alligation, alloy, ally, disoblige