English
sublimable
From sublime + -able.
Formed from sublime + -able
Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- ‘to bow, to bend’
…
Latin sublimō ‘to elevate, raise’
Latin sublīmāre
Middle French sublimer
Middle English sublimen
English sublime
Today it means
adj Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sublimable”. 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 / sublimable