Where does “immeasurably” come from?
Immeasurably derives from English immeasurable, Old English -līċ (meaning "like" or "in the manner of"), Latin in- (negation), Latin in, Proto-Indo-European ne (not), Proto-Indo-European oyd- (to separate), and Proto-Indo-European ḱóm (together).
immeasurably (English): in a manner that is not measurable, in a way that...
Definitions
- in a manner that is not measurable, in a way that...
Ancestry of “immeasurably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immeasurable | impossible to measure; vast; anything that cannot... |
| 2 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 3 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 4 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 5 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |