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evitable

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Adj — Able to be avoided.

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avertible avoidable avertable

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Etymology

This came into English from Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), which traces to Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), formed from ēvītō (“to avoid”) and -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). Ēvītō in turn derives from ē- (“out”) and vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁...

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