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Where does “attractable” come from?

attractable (English) comes from English attract, from Latin attractus, from Latin attrahō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

attractable (English): able to be attracted

Definitions

  1. able to be attracted

Ancestry of “attractable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattractTo pull toward without touching; To arouse...
2Latinattractusattracted
3Latinattrahō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “attractable”

  • unattractable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →