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

  1. incapable of being physically moved; fixed;...

Ancestry of “immovable”, step by step

immovable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English immevable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishimmevableincapable of moving
2Middle Englishin-—
3Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
4Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
5Proto-West Germanic*in—
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via English movable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmovableCapable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn,...
2Old Frenchmovable—

Words derived from “immovable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →