appointable

Capable of being appointed.

Adjective

  1. Capable of being appointed.
    • The members of the senate are appointable while those of the house must be elected.

Origin

Etymology tree English appoint Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English appointable From appoint + -able.

Derived

unappointable