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
- That is beyond memory; ancient; Ancient beyond...
Ancestry of “immemorial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | immémorial | immemorial, age-old |
| 2 | French | in- | in-; un- |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “immemorial”