Etymograph

English

grabbable

From grab + -able.

A compound of grab + -able

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- ‘to gather, rake, seize’

Proto-Germanic *grabōną ‘to gather, rake’

Proto-West Germanic *grabbōn

Old Saxon gravan

Middle Dutch grabben ‘to grasp, seize’

English grab

Today it means

adj Able to be grabbed.

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

Etymograph / grabbable