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Where does “unacquittable” come from?

unacquittable (English) comes from English acquit, from Middle English aquī̆ten, from Medieval Latin acquitare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unacquittable (English): That cannot be acquitted

Definitions

  1. That cannot be acquitted

Ancestry of “unacquittable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacquitTo declare or find innocent or not guilty; To...
2Middle Englishaquī̆ten—
3Medieval Latinacquitareto settle a debt
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →