Where does “undetectable” come from?
Undetectable comes from English detect, from Latin detectus, past participle of detegere meaning to uncover, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- meaning to cover.
undetectable (English): Unable to be detected; not detectable
Definitions
- Unable to be detected; not detectable
Ancestry of “undetectable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detectable | That which can be detected, noticeable |
| 2 | English | detect | to discover or find by careful search,... |
| 3 | Latin | detectus | uncovered, revealed, disclosed |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |