The story
- Latin · derived fromvariare“to change”
- Old French · derived fromvariable
- English todayvariable
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchvariable all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.