retraceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English retrace

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English retraceable

From retrace + -able.

Adjective

retraceable

1. Capable of being retraced.

Derived terms

• irretraceable
• nonretraceable

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “retraceable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.