coachable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Late Latin coquusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kok Old High German choch Middle High German koch German Kochbor. Hungarian Koch Hungarian Kocs Hungarian kocsibor. German Kutschebor. Middle French cochebor. English coach Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English coachable From coach (verb) + -able.
Meanings
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Able to be coached or tutored effectively.
Near-synonyms: teachable, corrigible
“They have such an innocence and eagerness about them that it’s been really a pleasure for all of us to be around them and see how coachable and how good they are,” Donovan said.
2007 September 16, The Associated Press, “On the Fast Track to the Olympics?”, in New York Times:
- That can be traversed by coach.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more coachable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most coachable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |