Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brushable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brush-able
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be brushed

adj

Able to be controlled by brushing

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *bʰurstís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English brushable From brush + -able.

Inflected Forms

more brushable (comparative) most brushable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbrushable

Questions

What does brushable mean?: Able to be brushed
Where does brushable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *bʰurstís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English brushable From brush + -able.

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