Etymograph

English

recuperable

Recuperable comes from Medieval Latin recuperābilis.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500recuperābilis
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500recuperable
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1531same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500recuperābilis
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500recuperable
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1531same form

Earliest quotation: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The seconde and thirde decay of lernyng amonge gentilmen: “Therfore, if thou yet by counsaile arte recuperable, /…”

Equivalent to recuperate + -able

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-

Latin reciperō ‘get again, regain, recover’

Latin recuperāre

English recuperate

Every English word from Medieval Latin recuperābilis

Today it means

adj recoverable

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

Etymograph / Medieval Latin recuperābilis / recuperable

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