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Where does “voidable” come from?

Voidable derives from English void plus the suffix -able, which comes from Old French -able, ultimately from Latin -abilis, a suffix meaning "capable of being," combined with Latin vacere meaning "to be empty."

voidable (English): capable of being voided or made void

Definitions

  1. capable of being voided or made void

Ancestry of “voidable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvoidContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or...
2EnglishvoideeA cup of wine drunk with spices or other small...
3EnglishvoiderOne who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates,...
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “voidable”

  • voidableness
  • nonvoidable
  • unvoidable
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