Where does “unpromisable” come from?
unpromisable (English) comes from English promisable, from English promise, from Middle English promis, from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin promissa, from Latin prōmissum, from Latin promissus, from Latin prōmittō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
unpromisable (English): That cannot be promised
Definitions
- That cannot be promised
Ancestry of “unpromisable”, step by step
unpromisable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English promisable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | promisable | Able to be promised |
| 2 | English | promise | an oath or affirmation; a vow; a transaction... |
| 3 | Middle English | promis | — |
| 4 | Old French | promesse | promise |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | promissa | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōmissum | promise |
| 7 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 8 | Latin | prōmittō | to send forth |
| 9 | Latin | prō | for |
| 10 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 11 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |