English
latchable
From latch + -able.
Formed from latch + -able
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-
Proto-Germanic *lakjaną ‘to make wet’
Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan ‘to seize’
Old English læċċan ‘to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize’
Middle English lacchen ‘to seize, catch, grasp’
English latch
Today it means
adj Capable of being fastened with a latch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / latchable