accommodable

adjective

ac·​com·​mo·​da·​ble

əˈkämədəbəl also aˈ-

: capable of being accommodated or fitted

anthropologists regard the Upper Paleolithic period as accommodable between 25,000 b.c. and 8000 b.c.

Word History

Etymology

French, from accommoder to accommodate (from Latin accommodare) + -able

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above

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