English
staffable
From staff + -able.
Formed from staff + -able
Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘to stand still’
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Proto-Germanic *stabaz ‘staff’
Proto-West Germanic *stab
Old English stæf ‘letter of the alphabet’
Middle English staf ‘a staff used to support one's movement’
English staff
Today it means
adj Capable of being staffed (supplied with employees).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / staffable