'attractable' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'attrahere', where 'ad-' meant 'toward' and 'trahere' meant 'to draw or pull'.

'attractable' changed from Latin/Medieval Latin verb and participle forms such as 'attrahere'/'attractus' and passed through Old French/Middle English influences (e.g. forms like 'attraitre'/'attracten'), eventually becoming the modern English adjective 'attractable' by addition of the suffix '-able'.

Initially, it meant 'to draw toward' (the action expressed by the verb), but over time it evolved into its current adjectival meaning of 'able to be drawn or attracted'.