Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surpassable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-pass-able
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be surpassed; able to be overcome.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more surpassable (comparative) most surpassable (superlative)

Derived Forms

insurpassable unsurpassable

Questions

What does surpassable mean?: Able to be surpassed; able to be overcome.
Where does surpassable come from?: Etymology tree English surpass Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English surpassable From surpass + -able.

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