Where does “redoubtable” come from?

Redoubtable comes from French redoutable, formed from Middle French redoubter combined with the suffix -able, ultimately derived from Latin -abilis.

redoubtable (English): Eliciting respect or fear; imposing;...

Definitions

  1. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing;...

Ancestry of “redoubtable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchredoutablefrightening; formidable; redoubtable
2Frenchredouterto dread, to fear
3Middle Frenchredoubterto fear; to be afraid of
4Old Frenchredoterto fear
5Old Frenchre-re- again; once more
6Latinrĕ-back, backwards
7Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
8Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
9Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

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