Etymograph

English

imposable

Imposable comes from Middle French imposable.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600imposable
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1654same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600imposable
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1654same form

Earliest quotation: 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise: “they were neither necessary to be explicitly acknowledged, before…”

Every English word from Middle French imposable

Today it means

adj Capable of being imposed or laid on.

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Etymograph / Middle French imposable / imposable

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