Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

constrainable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-strain-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being constrained.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English constrainable From constrain + -able.

Inflected Forms

more constrainable (comparative) most constrainable (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does constrainable mean?
Capable of being constrained.
Where does constrainable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English constrainable From constrain + -able.

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