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Where does “effable” come from?

effable (English) comes from English eff, from English ineffable, from Middle French ineffable, from Latin ineffābilis, from Latin effabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

effable (English): Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed;...

Definitions

  1. Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed;...

Ancestry of “effable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheffFuck
2EnglishineffableBeyond expression in words; unspeakable;...
3Middle Frenchineffableineffable
4Latinineffābilis—
5Latineffabilisutterable
6Latin-bilis-ble
7Proto-Italic-ðlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
9Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “effable”

  • effably
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