English
propellable
From propel + -able.
Formed from propel + -able
Latin pellō ‘to push, to move’
Latin propellō ‘to drive, push or urge forth or forward’
Middle English propellen ‘drive out, expel’
English propel
Today it means
adj Able to be propelled
Sources
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Etymograph / propellable