Where does “unaffectability” come from?
unaffectability (English) comes from English unaffectable, from English affectable, from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
unaffectability (English): The state or condition of being unaffectable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unaffectable
Ancestry of “unaffectability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unaffectable | Unable to be affected |
| 2 | English | affectable | Able to be affected |
| 3 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 4 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 5 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 6 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |