Where does “untannable” come from?
untannable (English) comes from English tannable, from English tan, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз — to be able.
untannable (English): Incapable of being tanned
Definitions
- Incapable of being tanned
Ancestry of “untannable”, step by step
untannable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tannable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tannable | Suitable to be tanned |
| 2 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ta | your |
| 5 | Old French | ta | your |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |