Etymology

disputable

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Today it means: Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled. Full definition →

Latin disputābili ← Proto-Italic *dis- ← Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
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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. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latindisputo
  9. Latindisputābili
  10. English todaydisputable

Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able.

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