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Where does “unfudgeable” come from?

unfudgeable (English) comes from English fudgeable, from English fudge, from English fadge, from Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot, from Vulgar Latin facus, from Latin fascis, from Latin fasciō — bundle, heap, load.

unfudgeable (English): Not fudgeable

Definitions

  1. Not fudgeable

Ancestry of “unfudgeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfudgeableCapable of being fudged
2EnglishfudgeA type of very sweet candy or confection, usually...
3EnglishfadgeTo be suitable; To agree, to get along; To get on...
4Middle EnglishfagotA piece of wood for burning; firewood; A faggot...
5Old Frenchfagotfagot
6Vulgar Latinfacus—
7LatinfascisA faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package,...
8Latinfasciō—
9Latinfasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰasḱ-bundle, heap, load
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