probable
/pɾoˈbable/ · B1 · adj
probable, likely
🎲 Same word as English probable: Latin probare (to test, prove) + -able
From Latin probabilis, built on probare, to test or prove. Something probable could pass the test, so it is likely. Spanish also keeps the older sense provable, linking it to probar (to try, to prove). Stress falls on BA: pro-BA-ble.