"accusable" meaning in English

See accusable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈkjuːzəbl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accusable.wav Forms: more accusable [comparative], most accusable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin accūsābilisbor. English accusable Borrowed from Latin accūsābilis (“accusable”), corresponding to accuse + -able; compare French accusable. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:accūsābilis|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin accūsābilisbor. English accusable, {{bor|en|la|accūsābilis||accusable}} Latin accūsābilis (“accusable”), {{suffix|en|accuse|able}} accuse + -able, {{cog|fr|accusable}} French accusable Head templates: {{en-adj}} accusable (comparative more accusable, superlative most accusable)
  1. Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable Derived forms: accusably, unaccusable Translations (liable to be accused): accusabilis (Latin), acusável (Portuguese)
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