Where does “unsimpable” come from?

unsimpable (English) comes from English simpable, from English simp, from English simpleton, from English simple, from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex, from Latin -plex — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

unsimpable (English): Impossible or difficult to simp for

Definitions

  1. Impossible or difficult to simp for

Ancestry of “unsimpable”, step by step

unsimpable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English simpable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsimpableCapable of being simped for
2EnglishsimpA simple person lacking common sense; a fool or...
3EnglishsimpletonA simple-minded person lacking common sense
4EnglishsimpleUncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing...
5Middle Englishsymplevirtuous, godly, without sin; simple, spartan,...
6Old Frenchsimpleinnocent; mere; simple; honest; without pretense
7Latinsimplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure,...
8Latin-plex-fold
9Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-