stainable

stainable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English stain
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 stainable

    From stain + -able.

    Adjective

    stainable (comparative more stainable, superlative most stainable)

    1. Able to be stained.
    2. Able to produce stains. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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