Where does “incalculable” come from?
Incalculable comes from Middle English in- combined with calculable, from Latin in- (not) and calculus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning not to reckon or count.
incalculable (English): Too great or numerous to be computed; Impossible...
Definitions
- Too great or numerous to be computed; Impossible...
Ancestry of “incalculable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calculable | Able to be calculated |
| 2 | English | calculate | To determine the value of something or the... |
| 3 | Latin | calculātus | Calculated, computed, reckoned, having been calculated |
| 4 | Latin | calculō | to calculate, compute, reckon |
| 5 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |