foreseeable
able to be seen or expected before it happens
Roots
- -able / -ible: able to be, fit to be, or worthy of
- fore-: before or ahead
- see: see or look
Other words with the fore- root
Other words with the see root
- foresee: to see or know before something happens
Foreseeable is fore plus see plus able: something can be seen ahead before it arrives.
The delay was foreseeable once half the staff called in sick.