Etymology

washable

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Today it means: Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable. Full definition →

English wash ← Middle English waschen ← Old English wascan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wodsḱéti
  3. Proto-Germanic*waskaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*waskan
  5. Old Englishwascan
  6. Middle Englishwaschen
  7. Englishwash
  8. English todaywashable

From wash + -able.

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