Where does “unexplicableness” come from?
unexplicableness (English) comes from English unexplicable, from English inexplicable, from Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicabilis, from Latin explicabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Ancestry of “unexplicableness”, step by step
unexplicableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unexplicable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unexplicable | — |
| 2 | English | inexplicable | Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for |
| 3 | Middle English | inexplicable | — |
| 4 | Middle French | inexplicable | — |
| 5 | Latin | inexplicabilis | inexplicable |
| 6 | Latin | explicabilis | that may be explained, explicable, explainable |
| 7 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |