Where does “unavengeable” come from?

unavengeable (English) comes from English avengeable, from English avenge, from Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — shoe.

unavengeable (English): Incapable of being avenged

Definitions

  1. Incapable of being avenged

Ancestry of “unavengeable”, step by step

unavengeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English avengeable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavengeableCapable of being avenged
2EnglishavengeTo take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer
3Middle Englishavengen
4Old Frenchavengierto avenge
5Old Frenchvengierto avenge, to take revenge
6Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
7Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
8Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
9Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
10Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Latin calceusEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-