Where does “unextendable” come from?
unextendable (English) comes from English extendable, from English extend, from Middle English extenden, from Old French estendre, from Latin extendere, from Latin extendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e.
unextendable (English): Not extendable
Definitions
- Not extendable
Ancestry of “unextendable”, step by step
unextendable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extendable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extendable | capable of being extended |
| 2 | English | extend | To increase in extent; To possess a certain... |
| 3 | Middle English | extenden | to extend |
| 4 | Old French | estendre | to stretch, extend or spread |
| 5 | Latin | extendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | extendo | I stretch or thrust out; I extend, prolong or... |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |