Approvable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Acceptable for endorsement or validation by an individual or organization
2. Capable of receiving approval or acceptance from someone or some body
3. Able to be accepted or formally agreed to by a person or institution

Etymology: Approvable is a straightforward formation: the verb "approve" with the suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being" or "worthy of" the action. The verb itself came into English through Old French "aprover" from Latin "approbare," which combined "ad," meaning "to," with "probare," meaning "to test, prove, or find good." So the core idea underneath is testing something and finding it sound. The suffix has its own path. "-able" descends from Latin "-abilis," which attached to verb stems to mean "able to be" the action, and it reached English through Old French "-able" in the Middle English period. English then made it productive, attaching it freely to verbs, so "approvable" was built in English from the existing verb rather than borrowed as a finished word.

Synonyms: acceptable, permissible

Antonyms: unacceptable, forbidden