Etymograph

English

insertable

From insert + -able.

A compound of insert + -able

Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind, put together, to line up’

Proto-Indo-European *séreti

Proto-Italic *serō

Latin serō ‘join, bind together, connect, entwine,…’

Latin insertus ‘inserted, introduced’

English insert

Today it means

adj Able to be inserted; able to be put into something else.

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

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