English
runnable
From run + -able.
A compound of run + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- ‘to boil, churn’
Proto-Germanic *rinnaną ‘to run’
Old English rinnan ‘to run’
Middle English rinnen ‘to run’
Middle English runnen ‘to run’
English run
Today it means
adj Capable of being run.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “runnable”. 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 / runnable