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Where does “unhypnotizable” come from?

unhypnotizable (English) comes from English hypnotizable, from English hypnotize, from English hypnotic, from French hypnotique, from Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός, from Ancient Greek ὑπνῶ, from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος — to sleep.

unhypnotizable (English): Not hypnotizable; that cannot be hypnotized

Definitions

  1. Not hypnotizable; that cannot be hypnotized

Ancestry of “unhypnotizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhypnotizableAble to be hypnotized; One who is susceptible to...
2EnglishhypnotizeTo induce a state of hypnosis in
3EnglishhypnoticOf, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism;...
4Frenchhypnotiquehypnotic; sleeping pill
5Latinhypnōticus—
6Ancient Greekὑπνωτικόςinclined to sleep, sleepy; inducing sleep,...
7Ancient GreekὑπνῶI put to sleep
8Ancient GreekὝπνος—
9Proto-Hellenichúpnos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansupnóssleep; death
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswóp-r̥ ~ swép-n̥s—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
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