Etymology

fordable

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Today it means: Able to be forded. Full definition →

English ford ← Old English ford ← Proto-West Germanic *furdu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pértus
  3. Proto-Germanic*furduz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*furdu
  5. Old Englishford
  6. Englishford
  7. English todayfordable

From ford + -able.

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