English

tractably

From tractable + -ly.

A compound of tractable + -ly

Latin trahō ‘draw’

Latin tractō ‘take in hand, handle, manage’

Latin tractābilis ‘that may be touched, handled, or managed’

Middle English tractable

Today it means

adv In a tractable manner; with compliance or docility.

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

Etymograph / tractably