Etymograph

English

suasible

Suasible comes from Latin suadeō ‘to persuade’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *swādejō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swādejō1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuadeō2as suadere‘to persuade’
  3. Englishtodaysuasible2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin suadeo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English suasible

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swādejōWiktionary, Latin suadeoreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuadeōWiktionary, English suasibleas suadere‘to persuade’
  3. EnglishtodaysuasibleWiktionary, English suasible

Linked words

through Latin suadeō ‘to persuade’

persuade, persuasion, 5 more

Today it means

adj Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “suasible”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin suadeo. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *swādejō / suasible

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