Where does “indeniably” come from?
indeniably (English) comes from English indeniable, from English deniable, from English deny, from Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier, from Latin dēnegāre, from Latin negāre, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.
indeniably (English): undeniably
Ancestry of “indeniably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | indeniable | undeniable |
| 2 | English | deniable | Able to be denied or contradicted |
| 3 | English | deny | To disallow or reject; To assert that something... |
| 4 | Middle English | denyen | — |
| 5 | Old French | denoier | to deny, to repudiate; to deny, repudiate |
| 6 | Latin | dēnegāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | negāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |