attributable
/əˈtɹɪbjətəbəl/uh-TRIH-byuh-tuh-buhl
/əˈtɹɪbjətəbəl/uh-TRIH-byuh-tuh-buhl
Meaningable to be attributed
Common meaning: able to be put down to a cause
- atto, towards (form of ad-)
- tribto assign, grantLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1897 · scan
- utpast-participle ending (Latin -utus)
- ableable to be
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘to assign, grant’ → attributable
Journey through time
- Latintribuō, tribuī, tribūtum‘to assign, grant’
- Englishattribute‘to credit to a cause’
- Englishformed in English from attributeattributable‘able to be put down to a cause’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from attribute + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ATTRIBUTE, p.42 · scan
Roots
- tribuō, tribuī, tribūtum Latin “to assign, grant”
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