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Where does “innominable” come from?

innominable (English) comes from Latin innominabilis, from Latin nominabilis, from Latin nōminō, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

innominable (English): Not to be named

Definitions

  1. Not to be named

Ancestry of “innominable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininnominabilis—
2Latinnominabilis—
3Latinnōminō—
4Latinnōmen—
5Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →