Where does “inexpugnableness” come from?
inexpugnableness (English) comes from English inexpugnable, from Latin inexpugnabilis, from Latin expugnabilis, from Latin expugno, from Latin pugnō, from Latin pūgnus, from Proto-Italic pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European puǵnos — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.
inexpugnableness (English): The quality of being inexpugnable
Definitions
- The quality of being inexpugnable
Ancestry of “inexpugnableness”, step by step
inexpugnableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inexpugnable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inexpugnable | Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable |
| 2 | Latin | inexpugnabilis | impregnable, inexpugnable; unconquerable |
| 3 | Latin | expugnabilis | able to be taken by storm, expugnable |
| 4 | Latin | expugno | I capture, take by storm, conquer; I storm,... |
| 5 | Latin | pugnō | to fight, combat, battle, engage |
| 6 | Latin | pūgnus | a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pugnos | fist |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puǵnos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |