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Ability

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the possession of the means, skill, or power to do something
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Stage 1 of 3
habere
Latin · ancient
"to have, to hold"
to have, to hold, giving rise to habilis (apt, capable)
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Stage 2 of 3
habilitas
Latin · ancient
"aptitude, capability"
aptitude, capability, from habilis
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Stage 3 of 3
ability
English · 1300s
"the possession of skill or means to do something"
settled as the English word for the possession of skill or means to do something
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