Etymograph

English

slittable

From slit + -able.

Formed from slit + -able

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- ‘to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart’

Proto-Germanic *slītaną ‘to tear apart’

Old English slītan ‘to tear, rend’

Middle English slitten

English slit

Today it means

adj Able to be slit.

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

Etymograph / slittable