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Where does “invulnerableness” come from?

invulnerableness (English) comes from English invulnerable, from Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from Latin vulnerābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

invulnerableness (English): The quality of being invulnerable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being invulnerable

Ancestry of “invulnerableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvulnerableIncapable of being injured; not vulnerable;...
2Middle Frenchinvulnérable—
3Latininvulnerābilis—
4Latinvulnerābilis—
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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