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Where does “insaturable” come from?

insaturable (English) comes from Latin insaturabilis, from Latin saturabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

insaturable (English): Not capable of being saturated

Definitions

  1. Not capable of being saturated

Ancestry of “insaturable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsaturabilisinsatiable
2Latinsaturabilis—
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →