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Where does “nonimportable” come from?

nonimportable (English) comes from English importable, from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, from Latin importō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

nonimportable (English): Not importable

Definitions

  1. Not importable

Ancestry of “nonimportable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimportableInsupportable, unbearable; Capable of being...
2EnglishimportSomething brought in from an exterior source,...
3Middle Englishimporten—
4Old Frenchemporter—
5Latinimportō—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →