Etymograph

English

rectifiable

From rectify + -able.

A compound of rectify + -able

Proto-Italic *rektos

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Latin rēctus ‘straight’

Medieval Latin rēctificō ‘to make right’

Anglo-Norman rectifiier

Middle English rectifien

English rectify

Today it means

adj Able to be rectified; correctable; fixable.

Sources

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