Where does “immoveable” come from?

Immoveable comes from English movable, which derives from Latin in- (not) combined with Latin movable, ultimately tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ne (not) and oyd- (to go).

immoveable (English): Alternative spelling of immovable

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of immovable

Ancestry of “immoveable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
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

Words derived from “immoveable”

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