Where does “invulnerability” come from?
Invulnerability comes from French invulnérabilité, formed with the French prefix in- from Latin in-, which derives from Latin in meaning "not," itself from Proto-Indo-European ne, the negative particle.
invulnerability (English): The state of being invulnerable
Definitions
- The state of being invulnerable
Ancestry of “invulnerability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | invulnérabilité | invulnerability |
| 2 | French | vulnérabilité | vulnerability |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |