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Where does “unfeasible” come from?

Unfeasible derives from English feasible, Latin facere meaning "to do," and Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being," with the prefix un- negating the sense of being capable of being done.

unfeasible (English): Infeasible: not feasible

Definitions

  1. Infeasible: not feasible

Ancestry of “unfeasible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeasibleAble to be done in practice
2Anglo-Normanfesablefeasible; doable; convenient
3Old Frenchfaisabledoable
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →