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
- Not possible to guarantee
Ancestry of “unguaranteeable”, step by step
unguaranteeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guaranteeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guaranteeable | Capable of being guaranteed |
| 2 | English | guarantee | Anything that assures a certain outcome; A legal... |
| 3 | Old French | guarantie | assurance; promise; guarantee; safety; security;... |
| 4 | Old French | guarantir | to protect |
| 5 | English | undefined | Lacking a definition or value; That does not have... |
| 6 | English | Un- | not |
| 7 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 8 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |