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DictionaryRoot: -ibilis
Latin

-ibilis

able or suitable to be

Forms

  • -ibilis
  • -ible — The ending shortened through French and English.

Origin

A Latin form of -bilis, often attached to a verb through a linking i.

Note

It expresses possibility or suitability, not a promise that the action will happen.

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A judge accepts a sealed transparent evidence bag containing a key from a clerk in a modest courtroom; focus accepted evidence.
adjective

admissible

ad-MIS-uh-buhl/ədˈmɪsəbl/

Allowed or acceptable under the rules.

Etymology
adLatinto, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis
+missLatinsend, let go, release
+ibleLatinable or suitable to be

Latin ad- and mittere formed a verb meaning 'allow to enter.' Admissible applies that idea of permitted entry to what may be accepted for consideration, including evidence.

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