Where does “inscrutable” come from?

Inscrutable comes from Latin inscrutabilis, formed from the prefix in- meaning "not" and scrutabilis "able to be searched," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."

inscrutable (English): Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or...

Definitions

  1. Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or...

Ancestry of “inscrutable”, step by step

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

Words derived from “inscrutable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →