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Where does “impenetrableness” come from?

impenetrableness (English) comes from English impenetrable, from Middle French impenetrable, from Latin impenetrabilis, from Latin penetrabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

impenetrableness (English): The quality of being impenetrable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being impenetrable

Ancestry of “impenetrableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimpenetrableNot penetrable; Incomprehensible; fathomless;...
2Middle Frenchimpenetrable—
3Latinimpenetrabilisimpenetrable; unconquerable, unyielding
4Latinpenetrabilispenetrable; piercing
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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