Where does “unmanageable” come from?

Unmanageable derives from English manageable, from English manage, from English menage, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, and men-, meaning to handle or direct.

unmanageable (English): Not manageable; not readily submitting to...

Definitions

  1. Not manageable; not readily submitting to...

Ancestry of “unmanageable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unmanageable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →