Where does “unanchorable” come from?
unanchorable (English) comes from English anchorable, from English anchor, from Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.
unanchorable (English): Not anchorable; that cannot be anchored
Definitions
- Not anchorable; that cannot be anchored
Ancestry of “unanchorable”, step by step
unanchorable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anchorable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anchorable | Capable of being anchored; That can be used as an... |
| 2 | English | anchor | A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | anker | anchor |
| 4 | Old English | ancor | anchor |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | anchor |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 7 | Latin | ancōra | anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |