Etymograph

English

repealable

From repeal + -able.

A compound of repeal + -able

Latin pellō ‘push or strike’

Latin repellō ‘drive or thrust back’

Old French rapeler ‘to call back, call in, call after, revoke’

Anglo-Norman repeler

English repeal

Today it means

adj Capable of being repealed.

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

Etymograph / repealable