English
teasable
From tease + -able.
A compound of tease + -able
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to separate, divide’
Proto-Germanic *taisaną ‘to tug, to pull’
Proto-West Germanic *taisijan ‘to separate, tug, shred’
Old English tǣsan ‘to tease’
Middle English tesen ‘to card wool’
English tease
Today it means
adj Able to be teased.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “teasable”. 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.
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