Etymology

tradable

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

English trade ← Middle English trade ← Middle Low German trade
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dreh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*tradō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*trudo
  4. Old Saxontrada
  5. Middle Low Germantrade
  6. Middle Englishtrade
  7. Englishtrade
  8. English todaytradable

From trade + -able.

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