suggestible
/səˈdʒestəbəl/suh-JEH-stuh-buhl
/səˈdʒɛstəbəl/suh-JEH-stuh-buhl
Meaningthat one can carry under
Common meaning: able to be suggested
- sugunder, up from below (form of sub-)
- gestto carry, carry onLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 812 · scan
- ibleable to be
‘under, up from below (form of sub-)’ + ‘to carry, carry on’ → suggestible
Journey through time
- Latingerō, gessī, gestum‘to carry, carry on’
- Englishsuggest‘to put forward an idea’
- Englishformed in English from suggestsuggestible‘able to be suggested’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: that one can carry under. It can be inferred from any of: suggest.
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 suggest + -ible (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- gerō, gessī, gestum Latin “to carry, carry on”
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