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单词 -atile
释义

-atilesuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Forms: Middle English -atille, Middle English -atyle, Middle English 1600s–1700s , Middle English– -atile, 1500s–1600s -atill, 1600s -atle.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -atile; Latin -ātilis.
Etymology: < French -atile and its etymon classical Latin -ātilis < -āt- , past participial stem of verbs in -āre (compare -ate suffix3) + -ilis (see -il suffix), in e.g. volatile n. ( < classical Latin volātilis < volātus flying, used to fly); also ultimately from nouns, as aquatile adj. ( < classical Latin aquātilis < aqua water), fluviatile adj., umbratile adj. Compare -atic suffix.
Forming adjectives, < Latin -ātilis, consisting of the suffix -ilis (see -ile suffix) ‘denoting possibility and quality,’ appended to participial stems in -āt- of verbs in -āre, as in volātus flying, volātilis used to fly, English volatile: also with nouns as aquātilis, English aquatile, fluviatile, umbratile, all of modern introduction, and nearly synonymous with those in -atic suffix.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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