Etymograph

English

matchable

From match + -able.

A compound of match + -able

Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’

Proto-West Germanic *makkjō

Old English mæċċa ‘companion’

Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’

English match

Today it means

adj Able to be matched.

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

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