Etymograph

English

stoppable

From stop + -able.

A compound of stop + -able

Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn ‘to stop’

Old English stoppian ‘to stop’

Middle English stoppen ‘to stop’

English stop

Today it means

adj Capable of being stopped.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stoppable”. 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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