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Where does “unadmittable” come from?

unadmittable (English) comes from English admittable, from English admit, from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

unadmittable (English): Not to be admitted; inadmissible

Definitions

  1. Not to be admitted; inadmissible

Ancestry of “unadmittable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadmittableAble to be admitted
2EnglishadmitTo allow to enter; to grant entrance , whether...
3Middle Englishadmitten—
4Old Frenchadmettreto admit
5Latinadmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinadmittoI let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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