Etymology

addressable

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Today it means: Able to be addressed. Full definition →

English address ← Middle English adressen ← Old French adrecier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindīs-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  13. Proto-Italic*rektos
  14. Latinrēctus
  15. Latindīrēctus
  16. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  17. Old Frenchdrecier
  18. Old Frenchadrecier
  19. Middle Englishadressen
  20. Englishaddress
  21. English todayaddressable

From address + -able.

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