Etymology

keyable

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Today it means: Able to be classified according to a key. Full definition →

English key ← Middle English keye ← Old English cǣġ
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*kaiju
  2. Old Englishcǣġ
  3. Middle Englishkeye
  4. Englishkey
  5. English todaykeyable

From key + -able.

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