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Where does “unhealable” come from?

unhealable (English) comes from English healable, from English heal, from English Hale, from Middle English hālen, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

unhealable (English): That cannot be healed

Definitions

  1. That cannot be healed

Ancestry of “unhealable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhealableReceptive to treatment or cure
2EnglishhealTo make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to...
3EnglishHale—
4Middle Englishhālen—
5Old Frenchhalerto pull, haul; to haul, pull
6Dutchhalento fetch, to get; to reach , to catch; to make it
7Middle Dutchhalento drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul
8Old Dutchhalōn—
9Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
10Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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