Where does “undetachability” come from?
undetachability (English) comes from English detachability, from English detach, from Old French destachier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
undetachability (English): The quality of being impossible to detach
Definitions
- The quality of being impossible to detach
Ancestry of “undetachability”, step by step
undetachability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English detachability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detachability | The quality or degree of being detachable |
| 2 | English | detach | To take apart from; to take off; To separate for... |
| 3 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 4 | Old French | des | — |
| 5 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |