microwaveable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

English wave

English microwave

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English microwaveable

From microwave + -able.

Adjective

microwaveable (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of microwavable.
   • 2016 October 11, Ann Hui, “In today’s market, your food chooses you”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[1], Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2016, page A9, column 1:

     Meanwhile, Campbell’s had overhauled the recipes for many of its canned soups to emphasize “real” ingredients and attempted to “snackify” its offerings – rebranding their traditional canned soups in “to go” and microwaveable containers.

References

• “microwaveable”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.