Where does “unbequeathable” come from?
unbequeathable (English) comes from English bequeathable, from English bequeath, from Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną — army.
unbequeathable (English): Not bequeathable
Definitions
- Not bequeathable
Ancestry of “unbequeathable”, step by step
unbequeathable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bequeathable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bequeathable | Capable of being bequeathed |
| 2 | English | bequeath | To give or leave by will; to give by testament;... |
| 3 | Middle English | biquethen | To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will |
| 4 | Old English | becweþan | to say or assert; to reproach; to bequeath |
| 5 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 6 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |