Where does “infallible” come from?

Infallible comes from Latin infallibilis, formed from the prefix in- and fallibilis, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning not.

infallible (English): Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or...

Definitions

  1. Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or...

Ancestry of “infallible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinīnfallibilis
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infallible

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