Etymology

stealable

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

English steal ← Middle English stelen ← Old English stelan
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  1. Proto-Germanic*stelaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*stelan
  3. Old Englishstelan
  4. Middle Englishstelen
  5. Englishsteal
  6. English todaystealable

From steal + -able.

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