English
acceleratable
Acceleratable comes from English accelerate.
- English1500–presentaccelerate
- Englishtodayacceleratable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- English1500–presentaccelerate
- Englishtodayacceleratable
A compound of celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’ + celerō ‘to hasten, quicken, accelerate’ + accelerō ‘to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate’
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to drive, particularly of animals’
Latin celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to drive, particularly of animals’
Latin celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’
Latin celerō ‘to hasten, quicken, accelerate’
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to drive, particularly of animals’
Latin celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’
Latin celerō ‘to quicken, accelerate’
Latin accelerō ‘to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate’
Latin accelerō ‘to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate’
Every English word from English accelerate
Today it means
adj Capable of being accelerated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English accelerate / acceleratable