Macerable
/ˈmæs.ər.ə.bəl/noun
Able to be softened, soaked, or made to waste away by maceration.
Did you know?Macerable comes from the same Latin root as words for making something lean, soft, or wasted away, and it entered English through the language of medicine and alchemy-like preparation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mak-
“to be thin, soft, or slack”
Latin
Latin
macer
“lean, thin, meager”
Late Latin
Latin
macerāre
“to soften by soaking; to waste away”
Middle French
Old French
macerable
“capable of being softened or reduced by soaking”
English
English
macerable
“capable of being macerated or softened by soaking”
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