abstractable

abstractable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin abder.
Latin ab-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahō
Latin abstrahō
Latin abstractusbor.
Middle English abstract
English abstract
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 abstractable

    From abstract + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹækt.ə.bl̩/
    • (US) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹækt.ə.bl̩/, /æbˈstɹækt.ə.bl̩/

    Adjective

    abstractable (comparative more abstractable, superlative most abstractable)

    1. Able to be abstracted; able to be made abstract. [First attested in the late 19th century.] [1]

    Translations

    References

    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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