Where does “unpageable” come from?

unpageable (English) comes from English pageable, from English page, from French page, from Italian paggio, from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius, from Ancient Greek παιδίον, from Ancient Greek παῖς — few, little; smallness.

unpageable (English): Not pageable

Definitions

  1. Not pageable

Ancestry of “unpageable”, step by step

unpageable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pageable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpageableThat can be paged; That accepts paging
2EnglishpageOne of the many pieces of paper bound together...
3Frenchpagepage; page, web page; page, page boy
4Italianpaggiopage; pageboy
5Old Frenchpagepage one face of a sheet of paper or similar material
6Late Latinpagiusservant; Servant
7Ancient Greekπαιδίονlittle child, young child
8Ancient Greekπαῖςchild, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,...
9Proto-Hellenicpā́witschild
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wids
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂widsEvery word from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits
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