confirmable
/kənˈfɜːməbəl/kuhn-FUR-muh-buhl
/kənˈfɝməbəl/kuhn-FUR-muh-buhl
Meaningable to be confirmed
Common meaning: able to be checked as true
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- firmfirm, steadyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 753 · scan
- ableable to be
‘with, together’ + ‘firm, steady’ → confirmable
Journey through time
- Latinfirmus‘firm, steady’
- Frenchconfermer
- Middle Englishconfermensource
- Englishconfirm‘to make sure’
- Englishformed in English from confirmconfirmable‘able to be checked as true’ · 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 confirm + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONFIRM, p.128 · scan
Roots
- firmus Latin “firm, steady”
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