Where does “nonmeasurable” come from?
nonmeasurable (English) comes from English measurable, from English measure, from Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
nonmeasurable (English): Not measurable; Something that cannot be measured
Definitions
- Not measurable; Something that cannot be measured
Ancestry of “nonmeasurable”, step by step
nonmeasurable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English measurable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | measurable | Able to be measured; Of significant importance;... |
| 2 | English | measure | A prescribed quantity or extent; The act or... |
| 3 | Middle English | mesure | — |
| 4 | Old French | mesure | — |
| 5 | Latin | mēnsūra | measure; a measuring |
| 6 | Latin | mētior | to measure or estimate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |