Where does “immemorial” come from?

Immemorial comes from French immémorial, formed with the French prefix in- (from Latin in-) negating Latin memoriālis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne, meaning "not."

immemorial (English): That is beyond memory; ancient; Ancient beyond...

Definitions

  1. That is beyond memory; ancient; Ancient beyond...

Ancestry of “immemorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimmémorialimmemorial, age-old
2Frenchin-in-; un-
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immemorial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →