Etymology

openable

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Today it means: Capable of being opened. Full definition →

English open ← Middle English open ← Old English open
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Germanic*ub
  3. Proto-Germanic*upp
  4. Proto-Germanic*upanaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*opan
  6. Old Englishopen
  7. Middle Englishopen
  8. Englishopen
  9. English todayopenable

From open + -able.

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