Where does “infeasible” come from?
Infeasible comes from Middle English in- prefixed to feasible, which derives from Latin facere meaning "to make or do," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
infeasible (English): not feasible
Definitions
- not feasible
Ancestry of “infeasible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feasible | Able to be done in practice |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | fesable | feasible; doable; convenient |
| 3 | Old French | faisable | doable |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |