domable

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*demh₂-“to domesticate, to tame”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*domaō“to tame”
3. Late Latin · derived fromdomābilis“tameable”
4. English todaydomable

From Late Latin domābilis (“tameable”), from domāre (“to tame”), present infinitive of domō (“to break in, to tame”), from Proto-Italic *domaō (“to tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, to tame”); compare Old French domable.

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