Where does “unquenchable” come from?
Unquenchable derives from English quench, which traces to Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the root h₂ent-.
unquenchable (English): That cannot be quenched
Definitions
- That cannot be quenched
Ancestry of “unquenchable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quenchable | Able to be quenched |
| 2 | English | quench | To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative... |
| 3 | Middle English | quenchen | To quench; To spray or douse with water or... |
| 4 | Old English | cwenċan | to extinguish, quench |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwankijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwankijaną | to cause to go out, extinguish |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |