Etymology

cleanable

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Today it means: That can be cleaned Full definition →

English clean ← Middle English clene ← Old English clǣne
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*klainī
  2. Old Englishclǣne
  3. Middle Englishclene
  4. Englishclean
  5. English todaycleanable

From clean + -able.

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