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Where does “insuperable” come from?

Insuperable comes from Latin insuperabilis, meaning unable to be overcome or surmounted.

insuperable (English): Impossible to achieve or overcome or be...

Definitions

  1. Impossible to achieve or overcome or be...

Ancestry of “insuperable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsuperabilis—
2Latinsuperabilisthat may be surmounted
3LatinsuperoI surmount, rise over, rise above, go over,...
4Latinsuperusbeing above, upper
5Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
6Latineks-uper—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “insuperable”

  • insuperably
  • insuperableness
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