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Where does “remediable” come from?

Remediable derives from Middle English -able, Old French -able, and Latin -abilis, built from Latin re- and -ius with roots in Proto-Indo-European med- and wer-, ultimately meaning capable of being remedied or cured.

remediable (English): Capable of being remedied

Definitions

  1. Capable of being remedied

Ancestry of “remediable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishremediable—
2Latinremediabilis—

Words derived from “remediable”

  • unremediable
Every word from Latin remediabilis →