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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
matchable en · ADJ
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English match
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English matchable
From match + -able.
Meanings
-
Able to be matched.
Forms
Deriveds
unmatchable · immatchable · matchableness
matchable en · NOUN
Etymology
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English match
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English matchable
From match + -able.
Meanings
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Something that can be matched.
Both the matchables and the unmatchables direct us along new lines of inquiry. The matchables invite study of kinship, neighbouring, and property as advantageous ladders of social advancement, while the unmatchables invite inquiry into risk, its incidence, and the strategies young people were employing […]
2015, Peter Baskerville, Kris Inwood, Lives in Transition: Longitudinal Analysis from Historical Sources, page 209:
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