Etymograph

English

exoptable

Exoptable comes from Latin exoptabilis ‘desirable, desired, exoptable’, from exoptō ‘to long for’, and ultimately from optō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoptō‘to wish for, hope for, long for, desire’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptō‘to long for’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptabilis‘desirable, desired, exoptable’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1810exoptable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoptō‘to wish for, hope for, long for, desire’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptō‘to long for’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptabilis‘desirable, desired, exoptable’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1810exoptable

Earliest quotation: 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer: “I query if any one would have given even…”

Linked words

through Latin optō ‘to wish for, hope for, long for, desire’

option, opt, 6 more

Today it means

adj Highly desirable.

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

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