Where does “unencodable” come from?

unencodable (English) comes from English encodable, from English encode, from English En-, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

unencodable (English): That cannot be encoded

Definitions

  1. That cannot be encoded

Ancestry of “unencodable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishencodableThat can be encoded
2EnglishencodeTo convert into code; To convert source...
3EnglishEn-Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
4Middle Englishen-en-, in-
5Old Frenchen-en- in; into
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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