Where does “unhirable” come from?
unhirable (English) comes from English hirable, from English hire, from Middle English hire, from Old English hire, from Proto-Germanic hezōi, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unhirable (English): That cannot be hired; unsuitable for hiring; One...
Definitions
- That cannot be hired; unsuitable for hiring; One...
Ancestry of “unhirable”, step by step
unhirable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hirable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hirable | Able to be hired |
| 2 | English | hire | Payment for the temporary use of something;... |
| 3 | Middle English | hire | Third-person singular feminine genitive... |
| 4 | Old English | hire | genitive/dative of hēo |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |