Where does “unbenefitable” come from?

unbenefitable (English) comes from English benefitable, from English benefit, from Middle English benefytt, from Middle English benfet, from Anglo-Norman benfet, from Old French bienfet, from Old French bienfaire, from Old French bien — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

unbenefitable (English): Not benefitable

Definitions

  1. Not benefitable

Ancestry of “unbenefitable”, step by step

unbenefitable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English benefitable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenefitableAble to bring benefit, able to be beneficial
2EnglishbenefitAn advantage; help or aid from something; A...
3Middle Englishbenefytt
4Middle Englishbenfet
5Anglo-Normanbenfetwell-done
6Old Frenchbienfet
7Old Frenchbienfaireto do good, do well
8Old Frenchbienwell; indeed; possession; object of value
9Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
10Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
11Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
12Proto-Italicdwenosgood
13Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-
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