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Where does “immensurable” come from?

immensurable (English) comes from Latin immensurabilis, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

immensurable (English): unmeasurable, immeasurable; not able to be...

Definitions

  1. unmeasurable, immeasurable; not able to be...

Ancestry of “immensurable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimmensurabilisimmeasurable
2Latinmēnsūra—
3Latinmētior—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
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