Where does “unattractable” come from?
unattractable (English) comes from English attractable, from English attract, from Latin attractus, from Latin attrahō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
unattractable (English): Not attractable
Definitions
- Not attractable
Ancestry of “unattractable”, step by step
unattractable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attractable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attractable | able to be attracted |
| 2 | English | attract | To pull toward without touching; To arouse... |
| 3 | Latin | attractus | attracted |
| 4 | Latin | attrahō | to draw, pull or drag to or towards with force |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |