refactorable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin factorbor.

Middle French facteurbor.

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Latin factorbor.

Anglo-Norman factourbor.

Middle English factour

English factor

English refactor

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English refactorable

From refactor + -able.

Adjective

refactorable (not comparable)

1. (programming) That can be refactored; that is suited to refactoring.
   • 2008, Bryan O'Sullivan, Donald Bruce Stewart, John Goerzen, Real World Haskell:

     In addition, purity and polymorphism encourage a style of code that is modular, refactorable, and testable.

2. (mathematics, of an integer) Divisible by the count of its divisors.