Where does “unannihilable” come from?
unannihilable (English) comes from English annihilable, from Latin annihilabilis, from Latin annihilo, from Latin nihil, from Latin nihilum, from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
unannihilable (English): Not annihilable
Definitions
- Not annihilable
Ancestry of “unannihilable”, step by step
unannihilable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English annihilable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | annihilable | Able to be destroyed completely; capable of being... |
| 2 | Latin | annihilabilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | annihilo | I bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate,... |
| 4 | Latin | nihil | indefinite nothing |
| 5 | Latin | nihilum | nothing; no value |
| 6 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 7 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |