English
prestable
Prestable comes from French prestable.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentprestable
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentprestable
- Englishtodaysame form
Equivalent to prest + -able
Latin stō
Latin praestō ‘to be preferable, better, coupled with quam’
Old French prester ‘to borrow’
Old French prest ‘loan’
Middle English prest
English prest
Every English word from French prestable
Today it means
adj payable
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French prestable / prestable