Etymology

earable

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Today it means: arable; tillable Full definition →

Middle English ayreable
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromayreable
  2. English todayearable

From Middle English ayreable, erable, erybyll; equivalent to ear (“to plough”) + -able, on the model of arable, which is a piecewise doublet.

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