adjective

1. responsible or answerable
2. able to be controlled or influenced; responsive; submissive a person amenable to suggestion; an illness amenable to treatment
3. that can be tested by (with to) amenable to the laws of physics

Etymology: Anglo-Fr < OFr amener, to bring about, lead in < a-, to + mener, to lead < L minare, to drive (animals) < minari, to threaten: see menace