Etymograph

English

actionable

From action + -able.

Formed from action + -able

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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Latin āctus

Latin āctiō ‘act of doing or making’

Old French aucion ‘action’

Middle English accioun ‘an action’

English action

Today it means

adj Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.

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

Etymograph / actionable