convertible

Definition

Able to be converted

Etymology

From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.

Example Sentences

• "As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms."
• "The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature."