English Explanatory Dictionary

disputable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-disputable.wav /dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

Word forms

disputable more disputable most disputable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able.

Synonyms

controvertible

Related words

disputant disputation disputatious dispute

Derived words

disputableness disputably indisputable undisputable

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