Etymograph

English

healable

From heal + -able.

A compound of heal + -able

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy, whole’

Proto-Germanic *hailijaną ‘to heal, make whole, save’

Proto-West Germanic *hailijan ‘to heal, cure’

Old English hǣlan ‘to heal, cure, save, greet, salute’

Middle English helen ‘to cure, heal’

English heal

Today it means

adj Receptive to treatment or cure.

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

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