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Where does “inexcusably” come from?

inexcusably (English) comes from English inexcusable, from Middle French inexcusable, from Latin inexcusabilis, from Latin excusabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

inexcusably (English): In an inexcusable manner

Definitions

  1. In an inexcusable manner

Ancestry of “inexcusably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishinexcusablenot excusable
2Middle Frenchinexcusable—
3Latininexcusabilisinexcusable
4Latinexcusabilis—
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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