Where does “unfoldable” come from?
unfoldable (English) comes from English unfold, from English Un-, from English still, from Old English stillan, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
unfoldable (English): That can be unfolded; Not capable of being folded
Definitions
- That can be unfolded; Not capable of being folded
Ancestry of “unfoldable”, step by step
unfoldable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfold | To undo a folding; To turn out; to happen; to... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English foldable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foldable | That can be folded; Something that can be folded |
| 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 |