-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).

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). < suffix
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