Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compostable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-postable
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suitable for compost.

noun

That which is suitable for compost.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

compostables (plural)

Derived Forms

noncompostable uncompostable

Questions

What does compostable mean?: Suitable for compost.
Where does compostable come from?: Etymology tree English compost Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English compostable From compost + -able.

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