Where does “unheatable” come from?
unheatable (English) comes from English heatable, from English heat, from Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
unheatable (English): Not heatable; that cannot be heated
Definitions
- Not heatable; that cannot be heated
Ancestry of “unheatable”, step by step
unheatable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heatable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heatable | Capable of being heated |
| 2 | English | heat | Thermal energy; The condition or quality of being... |
| 3 | Middle English | heten | Alternative form of hetien |
| 4 | Old English | hǣtan | to heat; become hot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |