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Where does “unastonishable” come from?

unastonishable (English) comes from English astonishable, from English astonish, from English astone, from Middle English astonien, from Old English āstunian, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ- — out, outward.

unastonishable (English): Incapable of astonishment

Definitions

  1. Incapable of astonishment

Ancestry of “unastonishable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishastonishableAstonishing; Susceptible to being astonished;...
2EnglishastonishTo surprise greatly
3EnglishastoneTo astonish
4Middle Englishastonien—
5Old Englishāstunian—
6Old Englishā-a-; away, out
7Old Englishar-—
8Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
9Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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