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Where does “unamortizable” come from?

unamortizable (English) comes from English amortizable, from English amortize, from Middle English amortisen, from Anglo-Norman amorteser, from Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin admortire, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

unamortizable (English): Not amortizable

Definitions

  1. Not amortizable

Ancestry of “unamortizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamortizableCapable of being amortized
2EnglishamortizeTo alienate in mortmain; To wipe out gradually...
3Middle Englishamortisento kill, alienate in mortmain
4Anglo-Normanamorteser—
5Old Frenchamortir—
6Vulgar Latinadmortireto kill; present active infinitive of *admortēscō
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →