Payable
/ˈpeɪ.ə.bəl/noun
Due to be paid or capable of being paid.
Did you know?English pay ultimately traces to Latin pacare, “to pacify” or “appease,” revealing that settling a debt was once linguistically connected with restoring peace.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pak-
“To fasten, make firm, or establish peace”
Classical Latin
Latin
pax / pacare
“Peace; to pacify, appease, or settle”
Medieval Latin
Latin
pacare
“To pay or satisfy a creditor, literally connected with appeasing or pacifying”
12th Century
Old French
paier
“To pay, satisfy, or discharge a debt”
14th Century
Middle English
payable
“Able or required to be paid”
Modern English
English
payable
“Due to be paid or capable of being paid”