Where does “unincredible” come from?
unincredible (English) comes from English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis, from Latin crēdibilis, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
unincredible (English): Not incredible; unremarkable
Definitions
- Not incredible; unremarkable
Ancestry of “unincredible”, step by step
unincredible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incredible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incredible | Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief;... |
| 2 | Latin | incrēdibilis | unbelievable, incredible |
| 3 | Latin | crēdibilis | credible, worthy of belief, believable |
| 4 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |