English
dissipable
Dissipable comes from Latin dissipāre, and goes back to supō ‘to throw’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupōas supare‘to throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissipāre
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissipābilis
- Englishearliest quotation 1603dissipable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupōas supare‘to throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissipāre
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissipābilis
- Englishearliest quotation 1603dissipable
Earliest quotation: 1603, Philemon Holland, Plutarch's Philosophie: “A substance dissipable and apt to be dispersed.”
Every English word from Latin supō
Today it means
adj Capable of being dissipated or dispersed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin supō / dissipable