English
tarnishable
From tarnish + -able.
Formed from tarnish + -able
Proto-West Germanic *darnī ‘hidden’
Proto-West Germanic *darnijan ‘to conceal’
Old High German *ternen
Old French terniss-
Middle English ternysshen
English tarnish
Today it means
adj Capable of becoming tarnished.
Sources
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Etymograph / tarnishable