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Where does “ungraspable” come from?

ungraspable (English) comes 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.

ungraspable (English): Not able to be reached or grasped; Not able to be...

Definitions

  1. Not able to be reached or grasped; Not able to be...

Ancestry of “ungraspable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ungraspable”

  • ungraspability
  • ungraspably
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