walkable

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English walk Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English walkable From walk + -able.

1. Able to be walked; suitable for pedestrians.

   “This route is no longer walkable since the bush and the vines grew over it.”

   “Cities were generally much more walkable before the mid-20th century.”

2. Short enough or close enough to be accessible by walking.

   “Is the train station walkable from here?”

   “Just outside the city centre, briskly walkable and even more briskly busable from the main City site, Charlie Frears has his own medical library and teaching facilities[…]”