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Where does “unconfinably” come from?

unconfinably (English) comes from English unconfinable, from English confinable, from English confine, from Middle French confiner, from Middle French confins, from Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from Latin confinis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

unconfinably (English): In an unconfinable manner

Definitions

  1. In an unconfinable manner

Ancestry of “unconfinably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunconfinableThat cannot be confined
2EnglishconfinableAble to be confined
3EnglishconfineTo restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or...
4Middle Frenchconfiner—
5Middle Frenchconfins—
6Latinconfinesnominative masculine plural of cōnfīnis;...
7Latinconfiniumconfine; border; limit
8Latinconfinisbordering on, adjoining, contiguous
9Latincōn-—
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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