Where does “immovable” come from?
immovable (English) comes from Middle English immevable, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
immovable (English): incapable of being physically moved; fixed;...
Definitions
- incapable of being physically moved; fixed;...
Ancestry of “immovable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | immevable | — |
| 2 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 3 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 4 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
Words derived from “immovable”