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Where does “unclassable” come from?

unclassable (English) comes from English classable, from English class, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.

unclassable (English): That cannot be put into a class; unclassifiable

Definitions

  1. That cannot be put into a class; unclassifiable

Ancestry of “unclassable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclassableCapable of being classed
2EnglishclassA group, collection, category or set sharing...
3Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
4Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
5Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
6Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
7Germanklassegreat, awesome
8Russianклассclass; grade ; form; classroom
9Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
10Proto-Italicklāssis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →