Etymology

terminable

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

Middle English terminable ← Anglo-Norman and Middle French terminable ← Latin terminābilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromterminābilis
  2. Anglo-Norman and Middle French · derived fromterminable
  3. Middle English · inherited fromterminable“resolvable”
  4. English todayterminable

From Middle English terminable (“resolvable”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French terminable and their etymon Latin terminābilis. By surface analysis, termine + -able.

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