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Where does “uncalculatable” come from?

uncalculatable (English) comes from English calculate, from Latin calculātus, from Latin calculō, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

uncalculatable (English): That cannot be calculated

Definitions

  1. That cannot be calculated

Ancestry of “uncalculatable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalculateTo determine the value of something or the...
2Latincalculātus—
3Latincalculō—
4Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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