English
hearable
From hear + -able.
Formed from hear + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
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Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną ‘to hear’
Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan ‘to hear’
Old English hēran ‘to hear’
Middle English har
English hear
Today it means
adj That can be heard; audible
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hearable