English
profanable
From profane + -able.
Formed from profane + -able
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
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Classical Latin fānum ‘temple’
Classical Latin profānus ‘not religious, unclean’
Middle French profane
Middle English prophane
English profane
Today it means
adj Able to be profaned.
Sources
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Etymograph / profanable