Where does “uncoilable” come from?
uncoilable (English) comes from English coilable, from English coil, from Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, from Old French cueil, from Old French cueudre, from Latin colligō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
uncoilable (English): Unable to be coiled
Definitions
- Unable to be coiled
Ancestry of “uncoilable”, step by step
uncoilable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coilable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coilable | Able to be coiled |
| 2 | English | coil | Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral;... |
| 3 | Middle English | coilen | To gather, collect, or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.) |
| 4 | Old French | coillir | to pick |
| 5 | Old French | cueil | — |
| 6 | Old French | cueudre | alternative infinitive of coillir |
| 7 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |