Where does “unindentable” come from?
unindentable (English) comes from English indentable, from English indent, from Middle English indenten, from Old French endenter, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.
unindentable (English): Not indentable
Definitions
- Not indentable
Ancestry of “unindentable”, step by step
unindentable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English indentable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indentable | Capable of being indented |
| 2 | English | indent | A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a... |
| 3 | Middle English | indenten | to dent in |
| 4 | Old French | endenter | to provide with teeth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 6 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 7 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |