'redistributable' originates from English, formed from the verb 'redistribute' plus the adjectival suffix '-able'. 'Redistribute' itself comes from the prefix 're-' (from Latin, meaning 'again') combined with 'distribute' (from Latin 'distribuere', meaning 'to divide and give out').

'redistributable' developed from the verb 'redistribute' (formed in post-classical English from Latin elements 're-' + 'distribuere') and later took the productive English suffix '-able' to create the adjective 'redistributable' in modern usage.

Initially, the Latin root 'distribuere' meant 'to divide and give out'; the compound 'redistribute' meant 'to distribute again', and 'redistributable' now means 'capable of being distributed again' (the basic sense has been preserved while its usage extended into technical/legal contexts).