Where does “unmasterably” come from?
unmasterably (English) comes from English unmasterable, from English masterable, from English Master, from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
unmasterably (English): Such that it cannot be mastered or perfected
Definitions
- Such that it cannot be mastered or perfected
Ancestry of “unmasterably”, step by step
unmasterably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unmasterable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unmasterable | Not masterable; that cannot be mastered |
| 2 | English | masterable | Possible to master; able to be mastered |
| 3 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 4 | English | Mast | — |
| 5 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 6 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 8 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |