English
spoolable
From spool + -able.
Formed from spool + -able
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- ‘to cleave, split’
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Old Dutch *spōla
Middle Dutch spoele
Old Northern French spole
Middle English spole ‘a bobbin or spool (for weaving)’
English spool
Today it means
adj Capable of being spooled, or wound onto a reel.
Sources
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