Where does “unignitable” come from?
unignitable (English) comes from English ignitable, from English ignite, from Latin ignitus, from Latin igniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
unignitable (English): Not ignitable
Ancestry of “unignitable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ignitable | Capable of being ignited; able to burn |
| 2 | English | ignite | to set fire to , to light; to spark off , to... |
| 3 | Latin | ignitus | ignited, set on fire |
| 4 | Latin | igniō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |