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

  1. Alternative form of unshakable

Ancestry of “unshakeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunshakableNot able to be shaken; firm, solid; resolute,...
2EnglishUn-not
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unshakeable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →