Where does “invulnerable” come from?
Invulnerable comes from Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerabilis, combining Latin in with Latin -bilis and Latin vulnus meaning wound, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én and Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom.
invulnerable (English): Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable;...
Definitions
- Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable;...
Ancestry of “invulnerable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | invulnérable | — |
| 2 | Latin | invulnerābilis | invulnerable |
| 3 | Latin | vulnerābilis | injurious, wounding, vulnerable |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |