Where does “unsurveyable” come from?
unsurveyable (English) comes from English surveyable, from English survey, from Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper.
unsurveyable (English): Unable to be surveyed
Definitions
- Unable to be surveyed
Ancestry of “unsurveyable”, step by step
unsurveyable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surveyable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surveyable | Able to be surveyed or observed |
| 2 | English | survey | The act of surveying; a general view; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | surveyen | to oversee; to survey |
| 4 | Old French | sourveoir | to oversee; to survey |
| 5 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 6 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 7 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 8 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |