Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persistable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-sistable
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be made to persist; permanent.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English persist Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English persistable From persist + -able.

Questions

What does persistable mean?
That can be made to persist; permanent.
Where does persistable come from?
Etymology tree English persist Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English persistable From persist + -able.

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