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
- Not to be admitted; inadmissible
Ancestry of “unadmittable”, step by step
unadmittable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admittable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admittable | Able to be admitted |
| 2 | English | admit | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
| 3 | Middle English | admitten | — |
| 4 | Old French | admettre | to admit |
| 5 | Latin | admittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | admitto | I let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |