"tending to render weak or infirm," 1680s, with -ive + Latin debilitat-, stem of debilis "lame, disabled, crippled," figuratively "weak, helpless," from de "from, away" (see de-) + -bilis "strength," from PIE root *bel-"strong" (see Bolshevik).
debauchee
debauchery
debenture
debilitate
debilitation
debilitative
debility
debit
debonair
Deborah
deboshed