Where does “unapproachableness” come from?
unapproachableness (English) comes from English unapproachable, from English approachable, from English approach, from Middle English aprochen, from Old French aprochier, from Latin approprio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
unapproachableness (English): Quality of being unapproachable
Definitions
- Quality of being unapproachable
Ancestry of “unapproachableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unapproachable | Not accessible or able to be reached; Aloof and... |
| 2 | English | approachable | Easily approached; easy to talk to |
| 3 | English | approach | To come or go near, in place or time; to draw... |
| 4 | Middle English | aprochen | — |
| 5 | Old French | aprochier | to approach |
| 6 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |