Where does “uninstallable” come from?
uninstallable (English) comes from English uninstall, from English install, from French installer, from German installieren, from Italian installare, from Medieval Latin installo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
uninstallable (English): Capable of being uninstalled; Not capable of...
Definitions
- Capable of being uninstalled; Not capable of...
Ancestry of “uninstallable”, step by step
uninstallable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uninstall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uninstall | To completely remove hardware or software from a... |
| 2 | English | install | To connect, set up or prepare something for use;... |
| 3 | French | installer | to install; to place; to settle |
| 4 | German | installieren | to install |
| 5 | Italian | installare | to install, to put in, to set up; to install, to... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | installo | to install, put in place, establish; install, put... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English installable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | installable | Capable of being installed |
| 2 | English | -able | An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning |
| 3 | Middle English | -able | able |
| 4 | Old French | -able | worthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an... |
| 5 | Latin | -ābilis | suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able |