Where does “unappeasable” come from?
unappeasable (English) comes from English appeasable, from English appease, from Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser, from French apaiser, from Old French apaisier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī — day.
unappeasable (English): not able to be appeased or satisfied
Definitions
- not able to be appeased or satisfied
Ancestry of “unappeasable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appeasable | Able to be calmed or pacified |
| 2 | English | appease | To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of... |
| 3 | Middle English | apesen | — |
| 4 | Old French | apeser | to pacify, bring to peace |
| 5 | French | apaiser | to mollify; to appease, pacify, calm |
| 6 | Old French | apaisier | to make less painful |
| 7 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 8 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 9 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |