Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recommendable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: rec-om-mend-able
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being recommended.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more recommendable (comparative) most recommendable (superlative)

Derived Forms

recommendableness recommendably unrecommendable

Questions

What does recommendable mean?: Capable of being recommended.
Where does recommendable come from?: Etymology tree English recommend Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English recommendable From recommend + -able.

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