Where does “nonundoable” come from?
nonundoable (English) comes from English undoable, from English doable, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
nonundoable (English): Not undoable; impossible to undo
Definitions
- Not undoable; impossible to undo
Ancestry of “nonundoable”, step by step
nonundoable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undoable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undoable | Not doable; impossible to do; Something that... |
| 2 | English | doable | Possible to do; feasible; Worthy of sexual... |
| 3 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 4 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 5 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 6 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |