English
tearable
From tear + -able.
Formed from tear + -able
Proto-Indo-European *der- ‘to tear, tear apart’
Proto-Germanic *teraną ‘to tear, rip’
Old English teran ‘to tear, lacerate’
Middle English teren ‘to tear’
English tear
Today it means
adj Able to be torn.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tearable”. 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 / tearable