Where does “unhealably” come from?
unhealably (English) comes from English unhealable, from English healable, from English heal, from English Hale, from Middle English hālen, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
unhealably (English): Beyond the possibility of being healed; incurably
Definitions
- Beyond the possibility of being healed; incurably
Ancestry of “unhealably”, step by step
unhealably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unhealable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unhealable | That cannot be healed |
| 2 | English | healable | Receptive to treatment or cure |
| 3 | English | heal | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to... |
| 4 | English | Hale | A place name |
| 5 | Middle English | hālen | — |
| 6 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 7 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 9 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |