'registerable' originates from the Latin word 'registrare', where 'reg-' meant 'rule' and 'strāre' meant 'to keep a record'.

'registrare' transformed into the Old French word 'register', and eventually became the modern English word 'register' with the suffix '-able' added to form 'registerable'.

Initially, it meant 'to keep a record', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'capable of being registered'.