Etymology

playable

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

English play ← Middle English pleye ← Old English plega
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*plehan
  2. Old Englishpleġan
  3. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*plegōn
  5. Old Englishplegian
  6. Middle Englishpleyen
  7. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  8. Old Englishplega
  9. Middle Englishpleye
  10. Englishplay
  11. English todayplayable

From play + -able.

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