English
floatable
From float + -able.
Formed from float + -able
Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to float, swim, fly’
Proto-Germanic *flutōną ‘to float’
Proto-West Germanic *flotōn ‘to float’
Old English flotian ‘to float’
Middle English floten ‘to float’
English float
Today it means
adj That may be floated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / floatable