Where does “unclassifiability” come from?
unclassifiability (English) comes from English unclassifiable, from English classifiable, from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe — to call, cry, summon.
unclassifiability (English): The state or condition of being unclassifiable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unclassifiable
Ancestry of “unclassifiability”, step by step
unclassifiability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unclassifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unclassifiable | Incapable of being classified |
| 2 | English | classifiable | Able to be classified |
| 3 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 4 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 5 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 6 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 7 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 8 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 9 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 10 | Russian | класс | class |
| 11 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |