Where does “unfloggable” come from?
unfloggable (English) comes from English floggable, from English flog, from English Blog, from English weblog, from English log, from Middle English logge, from Old French loge, from Latin laubĭa — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
unfloggable (English): Not floggable
Definitions
- Not floggable
Ancestry of “unfloggable”, step by step
unfloggable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English floggable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | floggable | For which a person can be flogged |
| 2 | English | flog | To whip or scourge someone or something as... |
| 3 | English | Blog | A cocktail or punch served at science fiction... |
| 4 | English | weblog | A website in the form of an ongoing journal |
| 5 | English | log | The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches;... |
| 6 | Middle English | logge | large long stick, staff, pole, log |
| 7 | Old French | loge | arbor, covered walk-way; arbour, covered walk-way |
| 8 | Latin | laubĭa | penthouse, gallery, arcade, portico, lodge |
| 9 | Frankish | laubijā | shelter; arbour; shelter, arbour; arbour, shelter |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | laub | leaf; foliage |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | laubą | leaf |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |