Etymograph

English

aiblins

From able + -lings.

Formed from able + -lings

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’

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Latin habeō ‘to have’

Latin habilis ‘easily managed, held, or handled’

Old Northern French able ‘able’

Middle English able ‘capable’

English able

Today it means

adv Perhaps, maybe.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aiblins