Where does “indeclinably” come from?
indeclinably (English) comes from English indeclinable, from French indéclinable, from French déclinable, from French décliner, from Old French decliner, from Latin dēclīnō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
indeclinably (English): Without variation of termination
Definitions
- Without variation of termination
Ancestry of “indeclinably”, step by step
indeclinably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English indeclinable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indeclinable | That one cannot decline; unavoidable; Not... |
| 2 | French | indéclinable | indeclinable |
| 3 | French | déclinable | declinable |
| 4 | French | décliner | to weaken, to sicken, to go downhill; to... |
| 5 | Old French | decliner | — |
| 6 | Latin | dēclīnō | to bend, deviate, turn aside/away, deflect |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |