Where does “inexplainable” come from?
inexplainable (English) comes from English explainable, from English explain, from Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō, from Latin planō, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος.
inexplainable (English): That cannot be explained
Definitions
- That cannot be explained
Ancestry of “inexplainable”, step by step
inexplainable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English explainable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | explainable | Able to be explained or understood |
| 2 | English | explain | To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | explanen | — |
| 4 | Old French | explaner | — |
| 5 | Latin | explanō | to flatten or spread out |
| 6 | Latin | planō | — |
| 7 | Latin | plānus | level, flat, even |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλάνος | wandering |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πλανάω | to make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pl-néh₂-ti | — |