Where does “unslakeable” come from?
unslakeable (English) comes from English slakeable, from English slake, from Middle English slaken, from Old English sleacian, from Old English slæc, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.
unslakeable (English): That cannot be slaked
Definitions
- That cannot be slaked
Ancestry of “unslakeable”, step by step
unslakeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slakeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slakeable | Capable of being slaked |
| 2 | English | slake | To satisfy; To cool with water or another... |
| 3 | Middle English | slaken | to render slack, to slake |
| 4 | Old English | sleacian | — |
| 5 | Old English | slæc | lazy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slakaz | slack, lax |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leh₁g- | weak, feeble; weak, faint |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |