Etymograph

English

disputable

Disputable comes from Latin disputo ‘to estimate or compute’, from putō ‘to clean, cleanse’, and ultimately from putus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to clean, cleanse’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputo‘to estimate or compute’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputābilis
  5. Englishtodaydisputable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to clean, cleanse’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputo‘to estimate or compute’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputābilis
  5. Englishtodaydisputable

Equivalent to dispute + -able

Latin putus

Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’

Latin disputo ‘to estimate or compute’

Old French desputer

Middle English disputen

English dispute

Linked words

through Latin putus

counter, discount, countable, puta, 11 more

through Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’

account, count, imp, compute, computation, amputation, putative, amputee, repute, raconteur, amputate, imputation, depute, 13 more

through Latin disputābilis

indisputably, 1 more

Today it means

adj Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

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