Where does “unroutable” come from?
unroutable (English) comes from English routable, from English route, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
unroutable (English): That cannot be routed
Definitions
- That cannot be routed
Ancestry of “unroutable”, step by step
unroutable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English routable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | routable | Able to be routed |
| 2 | English | route | A course or way which is traveled or passed; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 4 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 5 | Old French | route | route |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |