English
treadable
From tread + -able.
Formed from tread + -able
Proto-Germanic *trudaną ‘to tread, to step on’
Proto-West Germanic *tredan ‘to tread’
Old English tredan ‘to tread’
Middle English treden ‘to stomp or walk with great force’
English tread
Today it means
adj Able to be trodden.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “treadable”. 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 / treadable