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Where does “unpurchasability” come from?

unpurchasability (English) comes from English purchasability, from English purchase, from Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

unpurchasability (English): The quality of not being purchasable

Definitions

  1. The quality of not being purchasable

Ancestry of “unpurchasability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpurchasabilityThe quality of being purchasable
2EnglishpurchaseThe acquisition of title to, or property in,...
3Middle Englishpurchasen—
4Anglo-Normanpurchacerseek to obtain; Alternative form of porchacier;...
5Old Frenchchacierto hunt, to go hunting
6Latincaptiāre—
7Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
8Latincapiō—
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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