English

harvestable

From harvest + -able.

A compound of harvest + -able

Proto-Indo-European *kerp- ‘to cut off, raze’

Proto-Germanic *harbistaz ‘harvest-time, autumn, fall’

Proto-West Germanic *harbist

Old English hærfest ‘autumn, harvest-time’

Middle English harvest

Today it means

adj Capable of, or suitable for, being harvested.

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

Etymograph / harvestable