Etymograph

English

fastenable

From fasten + -able.

A compound of fasten + -able

Proto-Germanic *fastuz ‘secure, firm, fixed’

Proto-West Germanic *fast ‘fixed, fast’

Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn ‘to secure, fasten’

Old English fæstnian ‘to fasten or fix’

Middle English fastenen

English fasten

Today it means

adj Capable of being fastened.

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

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