Where does “unanswerableness” come from?
unanswerableness (English) comes from English unanswerable, from English answerable, from English answer, from Middle English answere, from Old English andswaru, from Proto-West Germanic andaswaru, from Proto-Germanic andaswarō, from Proto-Germanic anda- — on, onto.
unanswerableness (English): The state of being unanswerable
Definitions
- The state of being unanswerable
Ancestry of “unanswerableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unanswerable | Not answerable; impossible to answer; Impossible... |
| 2 | English | answerable | Required to justify one's actions ; accountable,... |
| 3 | English | answer | A response or reply; something said or done in... |
| 4 | Middle English | answere | A response to a query or questioning; an... |
| 5 | Old English | andswaru | answer |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | andaswaru | answer, reply |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andaswarō | answer, reply |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |