Where does “importunable” come from?
importunable (English) comes from English importune, from Middle French importuner, from Latin importunari, from Latin importunus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
importunable (English): heavy; insupportable
Definitions
- heavy; insupportable
Ancestry of “importunable”, step by step
importunable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English importune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | importune | To bother, trouble, irritate; To harass with... |
| 2 | Middle French | importuner | to bother |
| 3 | Latin | importunari | to make oneself troublesome |
| 4 | Latin | importunus | inconvenient, unsuitable; annoying; rude |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |