Where does “undeniable” come from?
Undeniable comes from English deny, from Latin denegare, formed from Latin de- and a root from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₂ent-, meaning "to turn away or refuse."
undeniable (English): irrefutable, or impossible to deny
Definitions
- irrefutable, or impossible to deny
Ancestry of “undeniable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | un- | not; absent; lacking; not; negative; contrary to... |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “undeniable”