Etymograph

English

stressable

From stress + -able.

Formed from stress + -able

Latin stringō ‘to draw tight together’

Latin distringō ‘to stretch out, apart’

Old French destrecier ‘to distress’

Middle English destresse

English stress

Today it means

adj Capable of being stressed, or emphasized in speech.

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

Etymograph / stressable