English
haltable
From halt + -able.
Formed from halt + -able
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-d-
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Proto-West Germanic *halt ‘lame’
Proto-West Germanic *haltōn ‘to limp, walk lamely’
Old English healtian ‘to be lame, walk with a limp’
Middle English halten ‘to limp’
English halt
Today it means
adj Capable of being halted; stoppable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / haltable