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Where does “imaginable” come from?

Imaginable comes from Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imaginabilis, meaning "able to be imagined."

imaginable (English): Able to be imagined; conceivable

Definitions

  1. Able to be imagined; conceivable

Ancestry of “imaginable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishymaginableimaginable
2Latinimaginabilisconceivable, imaginable

Words derived from “imaginable”

  • imaginably
  • inimaginable
  • imaginableness
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