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Where does “corrigible” come from?

corrigible (English) comes from Middle English corrigible, from Old French corrigible.

corrigible (English): Able to be corrected or set right; Submissive to...

Definitions

  1. Able to be corrected or set right; Submissive to...

Ancestry of “corrigible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcorrigible—
2Old Frenchcorrigible—

Words derived from “corrigible”

  • corrigibility
  • corrigibly
  • corrigibleness
Every word from Old French corrigible →