Where does “unfathomless” come from?
unfathomless (English) comes from English unfathomed, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
unfathomless (English): fathomless
Definitions
- fathomless
Ancestry of “unfathomless”, step by step
unfathomless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfathomed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfathomed | Of unknown depth; Not explored or understood |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English fathomless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fathomless | Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable |
| 2 | English | -less | (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun |
| 3 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 4 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 5 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |