Where does “ineluctable” come from?
Ineluctable comes from Middle French inéluctable, from Latin ineluctabilis, from the prefix in- added to eluctabilis, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
ineluctable (English): Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable,...
Definitions
- Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable,...
Ancestry of “ineluctable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inéluctable | — |
| 2 | Latin | inēluctābilis | Insurmountable |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |