Etymology

callable

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Today it means: That can be called. Full definition →

English call ← Middle English callen ← Old English *callian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gels-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  3. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  6. Old Englishceallian
  7. Old English*callian
  8. Middle Englishcallen
  9. Englishcall
  10. English todaycallable

From call + -able.

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