English
slideable
From slide + -able.
Formed from slide + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip, slide’
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Proto-Germanic *slīdaną ‘to slide, to slip’
Proto-West Germanic *slīdan ‘to slide, to slip’
Old English slīdan ‘to slide’
Middle English sliden ‘to slide then fall’
English slide
Today it means
adj Capable of being slid, or made to slide.
Sources
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