Where does “unscammable” come from?
unscammable (English) comes from English scammable, from English scam, from English scamp, from Middle Dutch schampen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
unscammable (English): Unable to be scammed
Definitions
- Unable to be scammed
Ancestry of “unscammable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scammable | Able to be scammed |
| 2 | English | scam | A fraudulent deal; Something that is promoted... |
| 3 | English | scamp | A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well; A... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | schampen | slip away |
| 5 | Old French | escamper | to run away, to make one's escape |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |