Where does “unshakeable” come from?
Unshakeable derives from English shake combined with Latin -abilis (capable of being), tracing back through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European ano- and ne.
unshakeable (English): Alternative form of unshakable
Definitions
- Alternative form of unshakable
Ancestry of “unshakeable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | unshakable | Not able to be shaken; firm, solid; resolute,... |
| 2 | English | Un- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unshakeable”