English
starchable
From starch + -able.
Formed from starch + -able
Proto-Indo-European *sterg- ‘stiff, rigid’
Proto-West Germanic *starkī ‘stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength’
Old English *stierċe ‘stiffness, rigidity, strength’
Middle English starche
English starch
Today it means
adj Suitable for starching.
Sources
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Etymograph / starchable