English
seizable
From seize + -able.
Formed from seize + -able
Proto-Germanic *sakjaną
Frankish *sakjan ‘to sue, bring legal action’
Early Medieval Latin sacīre ‘to lay claim to, appropriate’
Old French seisir ‘to take possession of’
Middle English seisen ‘to kidnap, abduct, or take captive’
English seize
Today it means
adj Capable of being seized.
Sources
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