Etymograph

English

steadable

Steadable comes from Middle English stedable.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stedable1
  2. Englishtodaysteadable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English steadable

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stedableWiktionary, English steadable
  2. EnglishtodaysteadableWiktionary, English steadable

Formed from stead + -able

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Germanic *stadiz ‘place’

Proto-West Germanic *stadi

Old English stede ‘place’

Middle English sted

English stead

Every English word from Middle English stedable

Today it means

adj Useful, helpful.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “steadable”. 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.

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