-ible

variant of -able, occurring in words borrowed from Latin (credible; horrible; visible), or modeled on the Latin type (reducible).

Origin

< Latin -ibil(is) or -ībil(is), equivalent to -i- or -ī- thematic vowel + -bilis -ble

British Dictionary definitions for -ible

suffix

a variant of -able

Derived Forms

-ibly, suffix:forming_adverbs
-ibility, suffix:forming_nouns

Word Origin and History for -ible

suffix forming adjectives from verbs, borrowed in Middle English from Old French -ible and directly from Latin -ibilis; see -able.