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Where does “unexpressible” come from?

unexpressible (English) comes from English expressible, from English express, from French exprès, from Latin expressus, from Latin exprimere, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — resin.

unexpressible (English): Impossible to express

Definitions

  1. Impossible to express

Ancestry of “unexpressible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexpressibleAble to be expressed
2EnglishexpressMoving or operating quickly, as a train not...
3Frenchexprèsexpress; express , special delivery; on purpose,...
4Latinexpressussqueezed; pressed ; expressed; imitated, copied
5Latinexprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
7LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
8LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
9Latincommūnicō—
10Latincommūnis—
11Old Latincom(m)oinis—
12Proto-Italickommoinis—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Germankitt—
18Old High Germankuti—
19Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
20Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “unexpressible”

  • unexpressibly
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