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Where does “unelectably” come from?

unelectably (English) comes from English unelectable, from English electable, from English elect, from Latin ēlēctus, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

unelectably (English): To such an extent that one is unelectable

Definitions

  1. To such an extent that one is unelectable

Ancestry of “unelectably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunelectableIncapable of being elected to political office,...
2Englishelectableable to be elected to office; A person who is...
3EnglishelectOne chosen or set apart; In Calvinist theology,...
4Latinēlēctus—
5Latinēligō—
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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