Where does “unreachable” come from?
Unreachable derives from English reach, Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, Latin -abilis, Proto-Indo-European ano-, Proto-Indo-European ne, and Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-.
unreachable (English): Unable to be reached; impossible to attain; A...
Definitions
- Unable to be reached; impossible to attain; A...
Ancestry of “unreachable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | reach | To extend, stretch, or thrust out; To give to... |
| 2 | Middle English | rechen | — |
| 3 | Old English | rǣċan | to reach |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rakjaną | to stretch, to straighten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃roǵéyeti | to straighten, to make straight, to cause to be... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “unreachable”