English
keepable
Keepable comes from Middle English kepeable.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kepeable
- Englishearliest quotation 1995keepable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kepeable
- Englishearliest quotation 1995keepable
Earliest quotation: 1995, don Aslett, Don Aslett's Clutter Free!: Finally & Forever: “We get so caught up in the mechanics of…”
Formed from keep + -able
Proto-Indo-European *ǵab-
Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną ‘to look’
Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan
Old English cēpan ‘to seize’
Middle English kepen ‘to keep’
English keep
Every English word from Middle English kepeable
Today it means
adj That can be kept or is worth keeping.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English kepeable / keepable