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tillable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
till-able
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

able to be tilled or ploughed; arable

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more tillable (comparative) most tillable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nontillable untillable

Synonyms

arable cultivable cultivatable

Rhymes With

killable

Questions

What does tillable mean?
able to be tilled or ploughed; arable
Where does tillable come from?
Etymology tree English till Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English tillable From till + -able.

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