Where does “unembraceable” come from?
unembraceable (English) comes from English embraceable, from English embrace, from French embrasser, from Italian abbracciare, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium — short.
unembraceable (English): Not embraceable; not able to be embraced
Definitions
- Not embraceable; not able to be embraced
Ancestry of “unembraceable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | embraceable | Able or suitable to be embraced |
| 2 | English | embrace | To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in... |
| 3 | French | embrasser | to hug, embrace; to kiss |
| 4 | Italian | abbracciare | to embrace someone or something; to hug |
| 5 | Spanish | abrazar | to hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,... |
| 6 | Spanish | abracar | to hug, to embrace |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | adbracchiare | — |
| 8 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |