Corrigible
/ˈkɒr.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/noun
Able to be corrected or reformed.
Did you know?Corrigible comes from Latin roots meaning “to straighten together,” and it entered English through French in the 14th century as a word for something that could be morally or physically corrected.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reg-
“to move in a straight line; to rule or guide”
Latin
Latin
corrigere
“to correct, amend, set right”
Late Latin
Latin
corrigibilis
“capable of being corrected”
Old French
Old French
corrigible
“susceptible of correction”
Middle English
English
corrigible
“able to be corrected or reformed”
Modern English
English
corrigible
“able to be corrected or reformed”