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Where does “unburiable” come from?

unburiable (English) comes from English buriable, from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

unburiable (English): Not ready or not proper to be buried

Definitions

  1. Not ready or not proper to be buried

Ancestry of “unburiable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishburiableAble to be, or designed to be buried
2EnglishableEasy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to
3Middle Englishable—
4Old Frenchableable; capable
5Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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