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
Ancestry of “uncurtailable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | curtailable | Capable of being curtailed |
| 2 | English | curtail | To cut short the tail of an animal; To shorten or... |
| 3 | English | curtal | A variety of short-barrelled cannon; An early... |
| 4 | French | courtault | — |
| 5 | French | court | short; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 7 | Middle English | court | court |
| 8 | Old French | cort | court |
| 9 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 10 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 11 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 12 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 13 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 14 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 18 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 19 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |