English
shearable
From shear + -able.
Formed from shear + -able
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
Proto-Germanic *skeraną ‘to shear’
Proto-West Germanic *skeran ‘to shear, to cut’
Old English sċieran ‘to shear’
Middle English sheren
English shear
Today it means
adj That is subject to shear
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shearable”. 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 / shearable