applicable的词源

英文词源

applicable (adj.)

1560s, "pliable," with -able + Latin applicare (see apply). Meaning "capable of being applied" is from 1650s; earlier in this sense was appliable (mid-15c.).

中文词源

applicable：能应用的，适用的，合适的

词根词缀： ap-加强意义 + -plic-折叠 + -able形容词词尾,可能性

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