English
soothable
From soothe + -able.
Formed from soothe + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- ‘to be’
Proto-Germanic *sanþōną ‘to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify’
Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn ‘to prove true’
Old English sōþian ‘to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to’
Middle English sothen ‘to verify, prove the validity of’
English soothe
Today it means
adj Capable of being soothed.
Sources
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Etymograph / soothable