sustainable

sustainable
sustainable 1610s, "bearable," from SUSTAIN (Cf. sustain) + -ABLE (Cf. -able). Attested from 1845 in the sense "defensible;" from 1965 with the meaning "capable of being continued at a certain level." Sustainable growth is recorded from 1965. Related: Sustainably.

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