Where does “unbendably” come from?
unbendably (English) comes from English unbendable, from English bendable, from English bend, from Middle English benden, from Old English bendan, from Proto-West Germanic bandijan, from Proto-Germanic bandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
unbendably (English): Such that it cannot bend
Definitions
- Such that it cannot bend
Ancestry of “unbendably”, step by step
unbendably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unbendable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unbendable | not bendable |
| 2 | English | bendable | Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without... |
| 3 | English | bend | To cause to change its shape into a curve, by... |
| 4 | Middle English | benden | — |
| 5 | Old English | bendan | to bind; to bend a bow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bandijan | to bind |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bandijaną | To bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |