Where does “unsourceable” come from?
unsourceable (English) comes from English sourceable, from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
unsourceable (English): that cannot be sourced
Definitions
- that cannot be sourced
Ancestry of “unsourceable”, step by step
unsourceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sourceable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sourceable | That can be sourced |
| 2 | English | source | The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired |
| 3 | Middle English | sours | A source or origin; that which something originates from |
| 4 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 5 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 8 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |