English
professable
From profess + -able.
Formed from profess + -able
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
Proto-Italic *fatēōr ‘to confess’
Latin fateor ‘to confess, acknowledge’
Latin profitērī
Old French professer ‘to profess’
English profess
Today it means
adj That can be professed.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “professable”. 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.
Etymograph / professable