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Where does “inextricable” come from?

Inextricable comes from Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis, meaning unable to be disentangled or extricated.

inextricable (English): Impossible to untie or disentangle; Impossible to...

Definitions

  1. Impossible to untie or disentangle; Impossible to...

Ancestry of “inextricable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinextricable—
2Latininextricabilisinextricable
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inextricable”

  • inextricably
  • inextricableness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →