Etymology

changeable

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Today it means: Capable of being changed. Full definition →

Middle English chaungeable ← Old Northern French chaungeable ← Late Latin cambiāre
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromcambiāre“to change”
  2. Old Northern French · derived fromchaungeable
  3. Middle English · inherited fromchaungeable
  4. English todaychangeable

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

Words from the same roots

Late Latincambiāre all →

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