traceable.

Able to be followed back to an origin, or tracked through a sequence of events.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• traceable source
• traceable to a decision

On the page

The discrepancy was traceable to a duplicated entry in the first ledger.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, causation. Commonness: moderately common.