English
heftable
From heft + -able.
Formed from heft + -able
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to seize’
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Proto-Germanic *habjaną ‘to lift’
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan ‘to lift’
Middle English heven ‘to lift, raise’
Middle English heft ‘heaviness’
English heft
Today it means
adj Capable of being lifted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heftable