Where does “unrecruitable” come from?
unrecruitable (English) comes from English recruitable, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu, from Old French recreistre.
unrecruitable (English): Not capable of being recruited
Definitions
- Not capable of being recruited
Ancestry of “unrecruitable”, step by step
unrecruitable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recruitable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recruitable | Able to be recruited; Suitable for recruitment |
| 2 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 3 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 4 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 5 | French | recreute | — |
| 6 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 7 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 8 | Old French | recreistre | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |