English
presentable
Presentable comes from Middle French presentable.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600presentable
- Englishearliest quotation 1900same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600presentable
- Englishearliest quotation 1900same form
Earliest quotation: 1900, Lyman Frank Baum, Chicago: “Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were…”
Formed from present + -able
Latin sum ‘to be’
Latin praesum ‘to be present, be in front of’
Latin praesēns ‘present’
Old French present
Middle English present
English present
Every English word from Middle French presentable
Today it means
adj In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French presentable / presentable