Etymograph

English

effable

Effable comes from English eff ‘fuck’.

  1. English1500–presenteff1‘fuck’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005effable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English effable
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2005, Kourtney Kang, Return of the Shirt: “Ted: It's… I… I… I can't explain it. Natalie:…”.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presenteffWiktionary, English effable‘fuck’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005effableWiktionary, English effable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2005, Kourtney Kang, Return of the Shirt: “Ted: It's… I… I… I can't explain it. Natalie:…”

A compound of eff ‘fuck’ + -able

Every English word from English eff

Today it means

adj Fuckable; sexually attractive.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “effable”. 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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