probable
adj.
late 14c., from Old French probable "provable, demonstrable" (14c.), from Latin probabilis "worthy of approval, pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; provable, that may be assumed to be believed, credible," from probare "to try, to test" (see prove). Probable cause as a legal term is attested from 1670s.
〔李〕[prob=to test验证；-able a.=able可……的→“able to be tested可受验证的”→] a. likely occur or prove true可能发生的，可能成为事实的