English
repugnable
From repugn + -able.
Formed from repugn + -able
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘to punch, fist-fight’
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Proto-Italic *pugnos ‘fist’
Latin pugnus ‘a fist’
Latin pugno ‘fight’
Latin repugno ‘to fight against’
English repugn
Today it means
adj Capable of being repugned or resisted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / repugnable