preventable

/pɹɪˈventəbəl/prih-VEN-tuh-buhl

/pɹɪˈvɛntəbəl/prih-VEN-tuh-buhl

Meaningable to be headed off

Common meaning: able to be stopped from happening

prebefore
ventto comeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1969 · scan
ableable to be

‘before’ + ‘to come’ → preventable

Journey through time

Latinveniō, vēnī, ventum‘to come’
Englishpreventable‘able to be stopped from happening’ · today

pre- also in: prefix precede precise predict preface

vent also in: event advent convene prevent eventful

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: Built on Latin veniō ‘to come’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry veniō, p. 1969 · dictionary scan

Roots

veniō, vēnī, ventum Latin “to come”

Related words

advent convene event eventful intervene prevent provenance supervene

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