Etymology

redeemable

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Today it means: Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered. Full definition →

English redeem ← Middle English redemen ← Old French redimer
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The story

  1. Latinred-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  4. Proto-Italic*emō
  5. Latinemō
  6. Latinredimō
  7. Old Frenchredimer
  8. Middle Englishredemen
  9. Englishredeem
  10. English todayredeemable

From redeem + -able.

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