Etymograph

English

rebuttable

From rebut + -able.

Formed from rebut + -able

Proto-Germanic *bautaną ‘to beat, knock, bump, push’

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Frankish *bōtan ‘to beat’

Old French bouter ‘to butt’

Old French reboter ‘to push back’

Middle English rebutten

English rebut

Today it means

adj Capable of being rebutted.

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

Etymograph / rebuttable