Etymograph

English

sendable

Sendable comes from Middle English sendable.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sendable1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992sendable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sendable
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1992, Molly Wigand, How to write & sell greeting cards: “As you can guess, the more specific a card's…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sendableWiktionary, English sendable
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992sendableWiktionary, English sendable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1992, Molly Wigand, How to write & sell greeting cards: “As you can guess, the more specific a card's…”

Formed from send + -able

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to walk’

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Proto-Germanic *sandijaną ‘to send’

Proto-West Germanic *sandijan ‘to send’

Old English sendan ‘to send’

Middle English senden ‘to send’

English send

Every English word from Middle English sendable

Today it means

adj Capable of being sent.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sendable”. 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.

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