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==Etymology==
− It is late Middle English, [[bor|fro|miserable]] and directly from Latin miserābilis, pitiable, lamentable,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from miserārī, to pity, lament, from miser, wretched (see [[miser]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) with the suffix [[-able]].^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is late Middle English, [[bor|fro|miserable]] and directly from [[la|miserābilis]], pitiable, lamentable,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|miserārī]], to pity, lament, from miser, wretched (see [[miser]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) with the suffix [[-able]].^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==