Where does “unabbreviatable” come from?
unabbreviatable (English) comes from English abbreviate, from Middle English abbreviaten, from Latin abbreviātus, from Latin abbreviō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
unabbreviatable (English): Not capable of being abbreviated
Definitions
- Not capable of being abbreviated
Ancestry of “unabbreviatable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abbreviate | To shorten by omitting parts or details; To speak... |
| 2 | Middle English | abbreviaten | — |
| 3 | Latin | abbreviātus | shortened, abbreviated |
| 4 | Latin | abbreviō | to shorten, abbreviate, abridge |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |