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Where does “unquashable” come from?

unquashable (English) comes from English quashable, from English quash, from Middle English quaschen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

unquashable (English): That cannot be quashed

Definitions

  1. That cannot be quashed

Ancestry of “unquashable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquashableAble to be quashed or annulled
2EnglishquashTo defeat decisively; To crush or dash to pieces;...
3Middle EnglishquaschenTo crush or smash physically; To quash or smash;...
4Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
5Latinquassō—
6Latin-tō—
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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