Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driveable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: drive-able
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of drivable.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English driveable From drive + -able.

Inflected Forms

more driveable (comparative) most driveable (superlative)

Derived Forms

driveability

Questions

What does driveable mean?: Alternative spelling of drivable.
Where does driveable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English driveable From drive + -able.

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