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Where does “uncurtailable” come from?

uncurtailable (English) comes from English curtailable, from English curtail, from English curtal, from French courtault, from French court, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

uncurtailable (English): not curtailable

Definitions

  1. not curtailable

Ancestry of “uncurtailable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcurtailableCapable of being curtailed
2EnglishcurtailTo cut short the tail of an animal; To shorten or...
3EnglishcurtalA variety of short-barrelled cannon; An early...
4Frenchcourtault—
5Frenchcourtshort; third-person singular present indicative...
6EnglishcourtAn enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area...
7Middle Englishcourtcourt
8Old Frenchcortcourt
9Latincōrs—
10Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
11Latinco-allomorph of con-
12Latincōn-—
13Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
14Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
15Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
16Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
17Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
18Middle Englishkyt—
19Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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