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
- In an unconfinable manner
Ancestry of “unconfinably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unconfinable | That cannot be confined |
| 2 | English | confinable | Able to be confined |
| 3 | English | confine | To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or... |
| 4 | Middle French | confiner | — |
| 5 | Middle French | confins | — |
| 6 | Latin | confines | nominative masculine plural of cōnfīnis;... |
| 7 | Latin | confinium | confine; border; limit |
| 8 | Latin | confinis | bordering on, adjoining, contiguous |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |