Where does “immobile” come from?
Immobile comes from Old French immobile, from Latin immobilis, a formation of Latin in- (not) plus -bilis (capable of being), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mew- (to move) and -dʰlom.
immobile (English): not mobile, not movable; fixed, unable to be...
Definitions
- not mobile, not movable; fixed, unable to be...
Ancestry of “immobile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | immobile | — |
| 2 | Latin | immobilis | immobile, immovable; unalterable |
| 3 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |