Where does “inapproachably” come from?
inapproachably (English) comes from English inapproachable, from English approachable, from English approach, from Middle English aprochen, from Old French aprochier, from Latin approprio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
inapproachably (English): In an inapproachable manner
Definitions
- In an inapproachable manner
Ancestry of “inapproachably”, step by step
inapproachably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inapproachable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inapproachable | Not approachable |
| 2 | English | approachable | Easily approached; easy to talk to |
| 3 | English | approach | To come or go near, in place or time; to draw... |
| 4 | Middle English | aprochen | — |
| 5 | Old French | aprochier | to approach |
| 6 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |