Etymology

explainable

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Today it means: Able to be explained or understood Full definition →

Latin explanō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromexplanō“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”
  2. English todayexplainable

From explain + -able from Latin explanō (“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”).

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