Etymology

killable

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

English kill ← Dutch ki ← Middle Dutch kille
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵi(H)-l-
  3. Proto-Germanic*kiljǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*killjā
  5. Old Dutch*killa
  6. Middle Dutchkille
  7. Dutchki
  8. Englishkill
  9. English todaykillable

From kill + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.