Etymograph

English

hirable

From hire + -able.

A compound of hire + -able

Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną

Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijan

Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju ‘payment’

Old English hȳr ‘pay for service’

Middle English hire ‘wages’

English hire

Today it means

adj Able to be hired.

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

Etymograph / hirable