English

activable

Activable comes from English activate.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

A compound of activate + -able

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

adj Capable of being activated

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