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Where does “unguaranteeable” come from?

unguaranteeable (English) comes from English guaranteeable, from English guarantee, from Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantir, from English undefined, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un- — not.

unguaranteeable (English): Not possible to guarantee

Definitions

  1. Not possible to guarantee

Ancestry of “unguaranteeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishguaranteeableCapable of being guaranteed
2EnglishguaranteeAnything that assures a certain outcome; A legal...
3Old Frenchguarantieassurance; promise; guarantee; safety; security;...
4Old Frenchguarantirto protect
5EnglishundefinedLacking a definition or value; That does not have...
6EnglishUn-—
7Middle Englishun-—
8Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
9Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
10Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
11Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
12Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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