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Where does “unavertable” come from?

unavertable (English) comes from English avertable, from English avert, from Middle English averten, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

unavertable (English): That cannot be averted or turned aside

Definitions

  1. That cannot be averted or turned aside

Ancestry of “unavertable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavertablePreventable
2EnglishavertTo turn aside or away; To ward off, or prevent,...
3Middle Englishaverten—
4Old Frenchavertirto inform; to notify; to notice; to remark
5Latinadvertō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →