avowable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English avow

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English avowable

From avow + -able.

Adjective

avowable

1. Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.

Derived terms

• avowableness
• avowably
• unavowable

Related terms

• avow
• avowal
• avowance
• avowed
• avower

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “avowable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.