documentable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Capable of being supported by documentary evidence.
Example Sentences
- "1999 Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, "The Greatest Century That Ever Was," Policy Analysis, The Cato Institute, no 362 (15 Dec), p. 2. The documentable improvement of the quality of life in this brief period has been nothing short of miraculous."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumlbor. Middle French documentbor. English document Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English documentable From document + -able.
Inflected Forms
more documentable (comparative)
most documentable (superlative)