evitable

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dwidʰeh₁-“separate, set apart”
2. Latin · derived fromēvītābilis“avoidable”
3. Middle French · derived fromevitable
4. English todayevitable

From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)).

First known use, by meaning

• from early 16th c. Possible to avoid; avertible.