Etymograph

English

exoptable

Exoptable comes from Latin exoptabilis ‘desirable, desired, exoptable’, from exoptō ‘to long for’, and ultimately from optō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoptō1‘to wish for, hope for, long for, desire’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptō2‘to long for’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptabilis3‘desirable, desired, exoptable’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1810exoptable3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin exopto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin exoptabilis
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English exoptable
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer: “I query if any one would have given even…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoptōWiktionary, Latin exopto‘to wish for, hope for, long for, desire’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptōWiktionary, Latin exoptabilis‘to long for’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoptabilisWiktionary, English exoptable‘desirable, desired, exoptable’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1810exoptableWiktionary, English exoptable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer: “I query if any one would have given even…”

Linked words

through Latin optō ‘to wish for, hope for, long for, desire’

option, opt, 6 more

Today it means

adj Highly desirable.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “exoptable”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin exopto, Latin exoptabilis. 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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