English
findable
Findable comes from Middle English fyndable.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fyndable
- Englishearliest quotation 2021findable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fyndable
- Englishearliest quotation 2021findable
Earliest quotation: 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace: “But you did a fine job being findable—stayed on…”
Formed from find + -able
Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to go’
Proto-Germanic *finþaną ‘to find’
Proto-West Germanic *finþan ‘to find’
Old English findan ‘to find’
Middle English finden ‘to find’
English find
Every English word from Middle English fyndable
Today it means
adj Able to be found.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fyndable / findable