Etymology

representable

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

English represent ← Middle English presenten ← Old French presenter
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  9. Proto-Italic*prai
  10. Proto-Italic*prai-
  11. Latinprae-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  16. Proto-Italic*ezom~*som
  17. Old Latinesum
  18. Latinsum
  19. Latinpraesum
  20. Latinpraesens
  21. Latinpraesentāre
  22. Old Frenchpresenter
  23. Middle Englishpresenten
  24. Englishpresent
  25. Englishrepresent
  26. English todayrepresentable

From represent + -able.

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