containable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti
Proto-Italic *tenēō
Latin teneō
Latin continērelbor.
Old French contenirbor.
Middle English conteinen
English contain
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English containable

    From contain + -able.

    Adjective

    containable (comparative more containable, superlative most containable)

    1. Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.

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