subscriptable

subscriptable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin scrīptum
Old French escritbor.
Middle English scrit
English script
English subscript
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 subscriptable

    From subscript + -able.

    Adjective

    subscriptable (not comparable)

    1. (programming) Capable of being subscripted.
      • 2012, Robert Robson, Using the STL: The C++ Standard Template Library, page 249:
        If the container is subscriptable and you remember the position where a particular piece of data was stored, you can use the subscript to efficiently retrieve the data.
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