Etymograph

English

abatable

From abate + -able.

A compound of abate + -able

Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-

Latin battere

Late Latin abbattere

Anglo-Norman abatre

Middle English abaten ‘to beat down, bring down, calm down’

English abate

Today it means

adj Capable of being abated.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abatable