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evitable

/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ UK
/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ US
/-ɾə-/ US

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From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)).

adjective more evitable · most evitable

uncommon Possible to avoid; avertible. The tragic consequences were evitable.
Similar: avoidable, avertable, escapable, preventable, resistible · Opposite: ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, irresistible, unavoidable, unescapable, unpreventable

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adj possible to avoid

Español	evitable
Português	evitável
Français	évitable
Italiano	evitabile

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@misc{evitable_2026,
  title = {evitable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evitable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}