Where does “unconfrontable” come from?
unconfrontable (English) comes from English confrontable, from English confront, from Middle French confronter, from Latin confronto, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unconfrontable (English): That cannot be confronted
Definitions
- That cannot be confronted
Ancestry of “unconfrontable”, step by step
unconfrontable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English confrontable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confrontable | Able to be confronted; approachable |
| 2 | English | confront | To stand or meet facing, especially in... |
| 3 | Middle French | confronter | — |
| 4 | Latin | confronto | to confront |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |