Where does “unapproachable” come from?
Unapproachable derives from English approach, which comes from Latin ad- meaning "to" or "toward," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ano-.
unapproachable (English): Not accessible or able to be reached; Aloof and...
Definitions
- Not accessible or able to be reached; Aloof and...
Ancestry of “unapproachable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | approachable | Easily approached; easy to talk to |
| 2 | English | approach | To come or go near, in place or time; to draw... |
| 3 | Middle English | aprochen | — |
| 4 | Old French | aprochier | to approach |
| 5 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |