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
- Incapable of being avenged
Ancestry of “unavengeable”, step by step
unavengeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avengeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avengeable | Capable of being avenged |
| 2 | English | avenge | To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer |
| 3 | Middle English | avengen | — |
| 4 | Old French | avengier | to avenge |
| 5 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |