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Where does “unabolishable” come from?

unabolishable (English) comes from English abolishable, from English abolish, from Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French abolir, from Latin aboleo, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

unabolishable (English): not abolishable

Definitions

  1. not abolishable

Ancestry of “unabolishable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabolishableCapable of being abolished
2EnglishabolishTo end a law, system, institution, custom or...
3Middle Englishabolisshen—
4Middle Frenchabolir—
5LatinaboleoI retard, check the growth of; I destroy, efface,...
6Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
7Latināb—
8Proto-Germanic*ab—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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