arabilis

Latin

Etymology

From Latin arō ("plow") + -abilis ("able to be").

Adjective

arabilis

Arable: able to be plowed, able to be farmed; capable of growing crops.

Descendants

English: arable
French: arable
Italian: arabile

Portuguese: arável
Romanian: arabil
Spanish: arable

References

arabilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
arabilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
arabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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