Etymograph

English

ratifiable

From ratify + -able.

Formed from ratify + -able

Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- ‘to think, reason’

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Latin ratus ‘reckoned’

Medieval Latin ratifico ‘to ratify, approve, validate’

Old French ratifier

Middle English ratifien

English ratify

Today it means

adj Capable of being ratified.

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

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