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Where does “uncatchableness” come from?

uncatchableness (English) comes from English uncatchable, from English catchable, from English catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

uncatchableness (English): Quality or state of not being catchable

Definitions

  1. Quality or state of not being catchable

Ancestry of “uncatchableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuncatchableNot catchable; that cannot be caught
2EnglishcatchableThat can be caught
3EnglishcatchThe act of seizing or capturing; The act of...
4Middle Englishcacchento catch
5Anglo-Normancachierto hide; Alternative form of chacier
6Vulgar Latincoacticarepresent active infinitive of *coacticō
7Latincoactō—
8Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
9Latincōgō—
10Latincōn-—
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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