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fathomable

adj
/ˈfæðəməbəl/

Etymology

From fathom + -able.

  1. derived from *pet-✻
  2. inherited from *faþmaz✻ — “outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”
  3. inherited from *faþm✻ — “outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”
  4. inherited from fæþm
  5. inherited from fathome
  6. suffixed as fathomable — “fathom + able”

Definitions

  1. able to be fathomed

    • The mystery was finally fathomable after years of research.
    • His motives were barely fathomable to his friends.
    • The meaning of the poem is easily fathomable with context.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fathomable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA