English
laudable
Laudable comes from Middle English laudable.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500laudable
- Englishearliest quotation 1917laudable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500laudable
- Englishearliest quotation 1917laudable
Earliest quotation: 1917, The English Reports: Exchequer: “That there is and from time immemorial has been…”
Formed from laud + -able
Latin laus ‘praise, glory, fame, renown’
Latin laudō
Old French lauder
Middle English lauden
English laud
Linked words
through Latin laus ‘praise, commendation’
Today it means
adj Worthy of being lauded.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English laudable / laudable