Etymology

discoverable

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

English discover ← Middle English discoveren ← Old French descovrir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
  15. Latinoperiō
  16. Latincooperiō
  17. Latindiscooperīre
  18. Late Latindiscoperīre
  19. Old Frenchdescovrir
  20. Middle Englishdiscoveren
  21. Englishdiscover
  22. English todaydiscoverable

From discover + -able.

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