Where does “implacably” come from?
Implacably comes from Middle English -ly added to Old English -līċ, from Latin implacabilis meaning "not to be appeased," derived from Latin in- "not" and placabilis "appeasable."
implacably (English): In an implacable manner
Definitions
- In an implacable manner
Ancestry of “implacably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | implacable | Not able to be placated or appeased; Impossible... |
| 2 | Middle English | implācāble | immitigable, unappeasable |
| 3 | Old French | implacable | harsh, unrelenting; implacable |
| 4 | Latin | implacabĭlis | unappeasable, implacable |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |