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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

  1. Able to be exploited, especially commercially;...

Ancestry of “exploitable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexploitA heroic or extraordinary deed; An achievement; A...
2Old Frenchesploitincome; revenue; act; action; profit; advantage
3Old FrenchespleitAlternative form of esploit
4LatinexplicitusAlternative form of explicātus; disentangled,...
5LatinexplicoI unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,...
6Latinplicō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “exploitable”

  • unexploitable
  • exploitably
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