Etymograph

English

disputable

Disputable comes from Latin disputo ‘to estimate or compute’, from putō ‘to clean, cleanse’, and ultimately from putus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō1‘to clean, cleanse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputo1‘to estimate or compute’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputābilis1
  5. Englishtodaydisputable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English disputable

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputusWiktionary, English disputable
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputōWiktionary, English disputable‘to clean, cleanse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputoWiktionary, English disputable‘to estimate or compute’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputābilisWiktionary, English disputable
  5. EnglishtodaydisputableWiktionary, English disputable

Equivalent to dispute + -able

Latin putus

Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’

Latin disputo ‘to estimate or compute’

Old French desputer

Middle English disputen

English dispute

Linked words

through Latin putus

counter, discount, countable, puta, 11 more

through Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’

account, count, imp, compute, computation, amputation, putative, amputee, repute, raconteur, amputate, imputation, depute, 13 more

through Latin disputābilis

indisputably, 1 more

Today it means

adj Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “disputable”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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