traceable

[trey-suh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being traced.

2. attributable or ascribable (usually followed byto ).

   a victory traceable to good coaching.

Other Word Forms

• traceability noun
• traceableness noun
• traceably adverb
• nontraceability noun
• nontraceable adjective
• nontraceableness noun
• nontraceably adverb
• untraceable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of traceable¹

First recorded in 1740–50; trace ¹ + -able

Related Words

• attributable 
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