English
ruinable
From ruin + -able.
Formed from ruin + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- ‘to run, hurry’
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Latin ruō ‘to fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush’
Latin ruīna ‘overthrow, ruin’
Old French ruine
Middle English ruyne ‘Decline, decay, deterioration’
English ruin
Today it means
adj Capable of being ruined.
Sources
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Etymograph / ruinable