Where does “imponderable” come from?

Imponderable derives from English ponder, Latin in- (not), Latin pendere (to weigh), and Proto-Indo-European en and oyd-, ultimately denoting something not capable of being weighed or assessed.

imponderable (English): Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable...

Definitions

  1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable...

Ancestry of “imponderable”, 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 “imponderable”

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