Where does “exploitable” come from?
Exploitable comes from English exploit combined with the suffix -able, which derives from Old French -able, Latin -abilis, ultimately from Latin ex meaning out or away.
exploitable (English): Able to be exploited, especially commercially;...
Definitions
- Able to be exploited, especially commercially;...
Ancestry of “exploitable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exploit | A heroic or extraordinary deed; An achievement; A... |
| 2 | Old French | esploit | income; revenue; act; action; profit; advantage |
| 3 | Old French | espleit | Alternative form of esploit |
| 4 | Latin | explicitus | Alternative form of explicātus; disentangled,... |
| 5 | Latin | explico | I unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,... |
| 6 | Latin | plicō | to fold, bend or flex; to roll up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |