Where does “unfastenable” come from?
unfastenable (English) comes from English unfasten, from English fasten, from Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic fastinōn, from Proto-West Germanic fast, from Proto-Germanic fastuz — fixed, firm, secure.
unfastenable (English): Not fastenable; Able to be unfastened
Definitions
- Not fastenable; Able to be unfastened
Ancestry of “unfastenable”, step by step
unfastenable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfasten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfasten | To detach from any connecting agency or link; to... |
| 2 | English | fasten | To attach or connect in a secure manner; To cause... |
| 3 | Middle English | fastenen | — |
| 4 | Old English | fæstnian | to fasten or fix; to establish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fastinōn | to fasten, to make fast |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fast | fixed, fast |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fastuz | fixed, firm, secure |
via English fastenable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fastenable | Capable of being fastened |
| 2 | English | -able | An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning |
| 3 | Middle English | -able | able |
| 4 | Old French | -able | worthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an... |
| 5 | Latin | -ābilis | suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able |