English
sedimentable
From sediment + -able.
Formed from sediment + -able
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
Latin sedeō ‘to sit’
Latin sedimentum ‘a settling, sinking down, subsidence’
Middle French sédiment
English sediment
Today it means
adj capable of being removed from suspension in a liquid by means of a centrifuge
Sources
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Etymograph / sedimentable