buildable

buildable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
English build
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Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English buildable

    From build + -able.

    Adjective

    buildable (comparative more buildable, superlative most buildable)

    1. That can be built.
    2. (construction) Suitable for building on.
      • 2007 May 8, Katharine Q. Seelye, “A Museum for Artifacts of the News Media’s Hunters and Gatherers”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        It is […] perched on the last buildable site on the presidential inaugural parade route between the Capitol and the White House.

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