Where does “incantable” come from?
incantable (Catalan) comes from Catalan cantable, from Catalan cantar, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
incantable (Catalan): unsingable
Definitions
- unsingable
Ancestry of “incantable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cantable | singable |
| 2 | Catalan | cantar | to sing |
| 3 | Latin | cantāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 6 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |