Where does “unattainably” come from?
unattainably (English) comes from English unattainable, from English attain, from Middle English atteinen, from Anglo-Norman ataindre, from Latin attingo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
unattainably (English): In an unattainable way
Definitions
- In an unattainable way
Ancestry of “unattainably”, step by step
unattainably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unattainable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unattainable | Impossible to attain or reach; unable to... |
| 2 | English | attain | To gain; To reach or come to, by progression or... |
| 3 | Middle English | atteinen | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | ataindre | to reach |
| 5 | Latin | attingo | I come in contact with, touch; I assault; strike,... |
| 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 |