Etymograph

English

gateable

From gate + -able.

Formed from gate + -able

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Today it means

adj Having a gate that may be externally controlled

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

Etymograph / gateable