Where does “unrottable” come from?
unrottable (English) comes from English rottable, from English rot, from Middle English roten, from Middle English rote, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
unrottable (English): Not rottable; incapable of rotting
Definitions
- Not rottable; incapable of rotting
Ancestry of “unrottable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rottable | Capable of rotting; biodegradable |
| 2 | English | rot | To suffer decomposition due to biological action,... |
| 3 | Middle English | roten | plural of rote; To decompose ; to become rotten... |
| 4 | Middle English | rote | The root; The foundation or base of a... |
| 5 | Old French | rote | rote |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |