Where does “uncodifiable” come from?
uncodifiable (English) comes from English codifiable, from English codify, from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio — to do, put, place.
uncodifiable (English): Not codifiable
Definitions
- Not codifiable
Ancestry of “uncodifiable”, step by step
uncodifiable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English codifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | codifiable | Capable of being codified |
| 2 | English | codify | To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code; To... |
| 3 | English | -ify | To produce verbs meaning "to make" |
| 4 | Middle English | -ifien | — |
| 5 | Old French | -ifier | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ifico | Enlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 8 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |