abatable

abatable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English abate
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English abatable

    From abate + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪt.ə.bəl/
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    Adjective

    abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

    1. Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][1]
      an abatable writ or nuisance.

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    References

    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abatable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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