Affiliable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Open to the possibility of being linked or connected to others through various relationships
2. Able to be joined or connected with others in some way
3. Susceptible to forming links or relationships with different entities

Etymology: Beneath "affiliable" lies a family relationship. The Latin "filius" meant "son," and medieval Latin built "affiliare" from it, meaning to adopt someone as a son. "Filial," meaning relating to a son or daughter, comes from the same root, so a word now about joining groups is rooted in parenthood. English "affiliate" carried that legal sense of taking in a child before the sense of associating with a body or organisation developed. The ending "-able" comes from Latin "-abilis," meaning "capable of being," so the adjective describes something that can be linked or joined to another thing or group.

Synonyms: joinable, connectable

Antonyms: isolated, detached