Where does “incalculably” come from?
Incalculably derives from English incalculable, Old English -līċ, Latin in- and in, Proto-Indo-European ne and oyd-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm meaning "together."
incalculably (English): In an incalculable manner
Definitions
- In an incalculable manner
Ancestry of “incalculably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incalculable | Too great or numerous to be computed; Impossible... |
| 2 | English | calculable | Able to be calculated |
| 3 | English | calculate | To determine the value of something or the... |
| 4 | Latin | calculātus | Calculated, computed, reckoned, having been calculated |
| 5 | Latin | calculō | to calculate, compute, reckon |
| 6 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |