mountable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *móntis
Proto-Italic *monts
Latin mōns
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -āre
Vulgar Latin *montāre
Old French monterbor.
Middle English mounten
English mount
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English mountable

    From mount + -able.

    Adjective

    mountable (not comparable)

    1. Able to be mounted.
      The hard disk was not mountable, so the operating system couldn't read it.
      I bought a mountable picture frame so I could hang it on the wall.

    Derived terms

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