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Where does “unrevealable” come from?

unrevealable (English) comes from English revealable, from English reveal, from Middle English revelen, from Middle French révéler, from Old French reveler, from Latin revelare, from Latin velare, from Latin velo.

unrevealable (English): Unable to be revealed

Definitions

  1. Unable to be revealed

Ancestry of “unrevealable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrevealableAble to be revealed; capable of revealing
2EnglishrevealThe outer side of a window or door frame; the...
3Middle EnglishrevelenTo revel; to merry-make or entertain oneself; To...
4Middle Frenchrévéler—
5Old Frenchrevelerto revel; to be disorderly, to make merry; to...
6Latinrevelarepresent active infinitive of revēlō;...
7Latinvelarepresent active infinitive of vēlō; second-person...
8LatinveloI cover, wrap, veil; I conceal, cover
9Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
10Proto-Italic-ōd—
11Proto-Indo-European-éad—
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