Where does “unescapability” come from?
unescapability (English) comes from English unescapable, from English escapable, from English escape, from Middle English escapen, from Old French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
unescapability (English): The degree to which something is unescapable
Definitions
- The degree to which something is unescapable
Ancestry of “unescapability”, step by step
unescapability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unescapable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unescapable | Impossible to avoid or escape, not escapable;... |
| 2 | English | escapable | Able to be escaped or run from; Not needed or... |
| 3 | English | escape | To get free; to free oneself |
| 4 | Middle English | escapen | — |
| 5 | Old French | escaper | Alternative form of eschaper |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |