Where does “unthrillable” come from?

unthrillable (English) comes from English thrillable, from English thrill, from English drill, from Middle Dutch drillen, from Old Dutch thrillen, from Proto-Germanic þriljaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

unthrillable (English): Not thrillable

Definitions

  1. Not thrillable

Ancestry of “unthrillable”, step by step

unthrillable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English thrillable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthrillableCapable of being thrilled
2EnglishthrillTo suddenly excite someone, or to give someone...
3EnglishdrillTo create by removing material with a drill; To...
4Middle Dutchdrillenbore, move in a circle
5Old Dutchthrillen
6Proto-Germanicþriljaną
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via English un

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