Where does “unextractable” come from?
unextractable (English) comes from English extractable, from English extract, from Latin extractum, from Latin extractus, from Latin extrāhō, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.
unextractable (English): That cannot be extracted
Ancestry of “unextractable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | extractable | Capable of being extracted |
| 2 | English | extract | Something that is extracted or drawn out; A... |
| 3 | Latin | extractum | extract |
| 4 | Latin | extractus | extracted, removed, eradicated, prolonged |
| 5 | Latin | extrāhō | — |
| 6 | Latin | trahō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵʰ- | to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag |
Words derived from “unextractable”