Where does “uncategorizably” come from?
uncategorizably (English) comes from English uncategorizable, from English categorizable, from English categorize, from English category, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
uncategorizably (English): In an uncategorizable way
Definitions
- In an uncategorizable way
Ancestry of “uncategorizably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncategorizable | Impossible to categorize |
| 2 | English | categorizable | Capable of being categorized |
| 3 | English | categorize | To assign a category; to divide into classes |
| 4 | English | category | A group, often named or numbered, to which items... |
| 5 | French | catégorie | category |
| 6 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 7 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 8 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 9 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 10 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |