Etymology

chargeable

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

English charge ← Middle English chargen ← Old French chargier
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  3. Proto-Celtic*karros
  4. Gaulish*karros
  5. Latincarrus
  6. Latincarricō
  7. Late Latincarricāre
  8. Old Frenchchargier
  9. Middle Englishchargen
  10. Englishcharge
  11. English todaychargeable

From charge + -able.

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