Etymology

shareable

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Today it means: Suitable for sharing. Full definition →

English share ← Middle English schare ← Old English sċearu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)koréh₂
  2. Proto-Germanic*skarō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*skaru
  4. Old Englishsċearu
  5. Middle Englishschare
  6. Englishshare
  7. English todayshareable

From share + -able.

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