Where does “immutable” come from?
Immutable comes from Latin immutabilis, formed from the prefix in- (not) and mutabilis (changeable), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ne (not) and mew- (to change).
immutable (English): unable to be changed without exception; not able...
Definitions
- unable to be changed without exception; not able...
Ancestry of “immutable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | immutable | immutable, unchangeable |
| 2 | Latin | immūtābilis | immutable, unchangeable, unalterable |
| 3 | Latin | mutabilis | mutable, changeable, inconstant |
| 4 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |