Etymology

countable

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Today it means: Capable of being counted; having a quantity. Full definition →

Middle English countable ← Anglo-Norman counter ← Latin computō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latincomputō
  9. Anglo-Normancounter
  10. Middle Englishcounten
  11. Middle Englishcountable
  12. English todaycountable

From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.