" -able "

[Adjective]  | "able" | \ ˈā-bəl \

1: having sufficient power, skill, or resources to do something

2: having the freedom or opportunity to do something

3: having a quality or nature that makes something possible : susceptible to some action or treatment

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English able, abill, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin habilis "easily handled or adjusted, adaptable," from habēre "to have, hold" + -ilis, alteration (by haplology before labial consonants) of -ibilis {see: |-ible|-able} {mat|give:1|};

[Adjective]  | "able-bod*ied" | \ ˌā-bəl-ˈbä-dēd \

1: having a sound strong body

Origin: 1600 ;

[Adjective suffix]  | "-able" 

1: capable of, fit for, or worthy of (being so acted upon or toward) —chiefly in adjectives derived from verbs

2: tending, given, or liable to

Origin: 

 Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French and Middle French, going back to Latin -ābilis, -ibilis, from -ā-, -i- (thematic vowels of various conjugations of verbs) + -bilis "capable (of acting) or worthy of (being acted upon)," going back to pre-Latin *-dhl-is, adjective suffix formed from the instrumental noun suffix *-dhl-om (whence Latin -bulum);

[Noun]  | "able-bodied seaman" 

1: able seaman

Origin: 1708 ;

[Noun]  | "able seaman" 

1: an experienced deck-department seaman qualified to perform routine duties at sea

Origin: 1657 ;

[Adjective]  | "able" 

[Adjective]  | "able-bodied" 

[Noun]  | "able seaman" 

[Noun]  | "able seamen" 

[Noun]  | "able-bodied seaman" 

[Noun]  | "able-bodied seamen"