English

givable

From give + -able.

Formed from give + -able

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give’

Proto-Germanic *gebaną ‘to give’

Proto-West Germanic *geban ‘to give’

Old English ġiefan ‘to give’

Middle English yiven ‘to give’

English give

Today it means

adj Capable of being given.

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