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
- That cannot be quashed
Ancestry of “unquashable”, step by step
unquashable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quashable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quashable | Able to be quashed or annulled |
| 2 | English | quash | To defeat decisively; To crush or dash to pieces;... |
| 3 | Middle English | quaschen | To crush or smash physically; To quash or smash;... |
| 4 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 5 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |