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- Old French · derived fromdoutable
- Middle English · inherited fromdoutable
- English todaydoubtable
From Middle English doutable, from Old French doutable, dotable, equivalent to doubt + -able.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below. Full definition →