Where does “uncontrivable” come from?

uncontrivable (English) comes from English contrivable, from English contrive, from Middle English contreve, from Old French controver, from Old French trover, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος.

uncontrivable (English): That cannot be contrived

Definitions

  1. That cannot be contrived

Ancestry of “uncontrivable”, step by step

uncontrivable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English contrivable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontrivableCapable of being contrived, invented, or devised
2EnglishcontriveTo invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise;...
3Middle Englishcontreveto invent
4Old Frenchcontrover
5Old Frenchtroverto find
6Vulgar Latintropareto compose; present active infinitive of *tropō
7Latintropusa figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
8Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
9Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
10Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
11Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή