Where does “unconceivableness” come from?
unconceivableness (English) comes from English unconceivable, from English conceivable, from English conceive, from Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
unconceivableness (English): inconceivableness
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- inconceivableness
Ancestry of “unconceivableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unconceivable | That cannot be conceived; unimaginable;... |
| 2 | English | conceivable | Capable of being conceived or imagined |
| 3 | English | conceive | To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan;... |
| 4 | Middle English | conceyven | To become pregnant; to conceive |
| 5 | Old French | concevoir | to conceive |
| 6 | Latin | concipiō | to receive or catch, grasp |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |