Where does “unadjustably” come from?
unadjustably (English) comes from English unadjustable, from English adjustable, from English adjust, from Middle English ajusten, from Middle French adjuster, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
unadjustably (English): Such that it cannot be adjusted
Definitions
- Such that it cannot be adjusted
Ancestry of “unadjustably”, step by step
unadjustably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unadjustable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unadjustable | Not adjustable; that cannot be adjusted |
| 2 | English | adjustable | capable of being adjusted; Anything that can be... |
| 3 | English | adjust | To modify; To improve or rectify; To settle an... |
| 4 | Middle English | ajusten | — |
| 5 | Middle French | adjuster | — |
| 6 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |