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Where does “compensable” come from?

Compensable comes from French compensable, derived from Latin compensābilis, meaning "able to be weighed together" or "able to balance out."

compensable (English): Able to be compensated; entitling one to...

Definitions

  1. Able to be compensated; entitling one to...

Ancestry of “compensable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcompensable—

Words derived from “compensable”

  • compensability
  • compensably
Every word from French compensable →