greppable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin globusbor.

Middle French globeder.

Middle English globe

English globe

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English global

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English globallyabbr.

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

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Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin rēgulārisder.

Anglo-Norman regulerder.

Middle English reguler

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Latin rēgulārisbor.

English regular

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *per-?

Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.

Proto-Italic *pres-

Latin premō

Latin exprimō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Late Latin expressiōder.

Middle French expressionbor.

English expression

English regular expressionabbr.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

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Latin premō

Latin imprimoder.

Middle English emprintenaph.

Middle English *printen

English printabbr.

English grep

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English greppable

From grep + -able.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛ.pə.bəl/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Adjective

greppable (not comparable)

1. (computing, of a file) In a format suitable for searching with the program grep; able to be grepped.

Derived terms

• ungreppable