English
jailable
From jail + -able.
Formed from jail + -able
Proto-Italic *kawos
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Latin cavea ‘cavity, cage’
Latin caveola ‘little cage’
Anglo-Norman jaiole ‘prison’
Middle English gayole ‘jail, prison’
English jail
Today it means
adj For which one may be jailed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jailable