English
stressable
From stress + -able.
Formed from stress + -able
Latin stringō ‘to draw tight together’
Latin distringō ‘to stretch out, apart’
Old French destrecier ‘to distress’
Middle English destresse
English stress
Today it means
adj Capable of being stressed, or emphasized in speech.
Sources
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