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
Ancestry of “unacquittable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | acquit | To declare or find innocent or not guilty; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | aquī̆ten | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | acquitare | to settle a debt |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |