Where does “unsackable” come from?

unsackable (English) comes from English sackable, from English Sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc, from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

unsackable (English): Impossible to sack

Definitions

  1. Impossible to sack

Ancestry of “unsackable”, step by step

unsackable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sackable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsackableSufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator...
2EnglishSackA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel
3Middle Englishsakbag, sackcloth
4Old Englishsaccsack, bag
5Old Englishsæccbattle, strife, fighting
6Proto-West Germanicsakkusack, bag
7Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
8Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
9Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκοςEvery word from Latin saccusEvery word from Proto-Germanic sakkuz