Etymograph

English

losable

Losable comes from Middle English losen ‘to loose’, and goes back to los ‘adj’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500los‘adj’
  2. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500losen‘to loose’
  3. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500losable
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500los‘adj’
  2. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500losen‘to loose’
  3. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500losable
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Equivalent to lose + able

Old English los ‘loss’

Old English losian ‘to be lost, perish’

Middle English losen

English lose

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’

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Latin habeō ‘to have’

Latin habilis ‘easily managed, held, or handled’

Old Northern French able ‘able’

Middle English able ‘capable’

English able

Linked words

through Middle English los ‘adj’

los, 2 more

through Middle English losen ‘to loose’

lose

Today it means

adj That can be lost.

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

Etymograph / Middle English los / losable

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