Where does “unbottleable” come from?
unbottleable (English) comes from English bottleable, from English bottle, from English bottle and glass, from English arse, from Middle English ars, from Old French arz, from Latin artes, from Latin ars — to fit, to fix, to put together.
unbottleable (English): Not capable of being bottled
Definitions
- Not capable of being bottled
Ancestry of “unbottleable”, step by step
unbottleable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bottleable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bottleable | Capable of being bottled |
| 2 | English | bottle | A container, typically made of glass or plastic... |
| 3 | English | bottle and glass | arse |
| 4 | English | arse | The buttocks or more specifically, the anus; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | ars | arse, anus; bottom, buttocks; plural of art |
| 6 | Old French | arz | — |
| 7 | Latin | artes | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 8 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |