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Where does “unexcusableness” come from?

unexcusableness (English) comes from English unexcusable, from English excusable, from Old French escusable, from Latin excusabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

unexcusableness (English): The quality of being unexcusable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being unexcusable

Ancestry of “unexcusableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunexcusableinexcusable
2Englishexcusablepossible to excuse
3Old Frenchescusable—
4Latinexcusabilis—
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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