Where does “inscribable” come from?
inscribable (English) comes from English inscribe, from Latin inscribo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inscribable (English): That can be inscribed; whose vertices all lie on...
Definitions
- That can be inscribed; whose vertices all lie on...
Ancestry of “inscribable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inscribe | To write or cut onto ; to engrave; To draw a... |
| 2 | Latin | inscribo | I write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inscribable”