English
etchable
From etch + -able.
Formed from etch + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
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Proto-Germanic *atjaną ‘to cause/allow to eat, feed (an animal)’
Old High German azzon ‘to cause to bite or feed’
German ätzen ‘to etch’
Dutch etsen ‘to etch’
English etch
Today it means
adj Capable of being etched.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / etchable