English
remendable
From re- + mend + -able.
Proto-Indo-European *mend- ‘defect’
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Latin ēmendō ‘to atone’
Latin ēmendāre
Anglo-Norman amender
Middle English menden ‘to cure’
English mend
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’
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Latin habeō ‘to have’
Latin habilis ‘easily managed, held, or handled’
Old Northern French able ‘able’
Middle English able ‘capable’
English able
Today it means
adj Able to be mended again
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “remendable”. 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 / remendable