Where does “untranslatability” come from?
untranslatability (English) comes from English untranslatable, from English translatable, from English translate, from Middle English translaten, from Old French translater, from Latin trānslātiō, from Latin trānsferō, from Latin ferō — shiny, light brown.
untranslatability (English): The quality or property of being untranslatable;...
Definitions
- The quality or property of being untranslatable;...
Ancestry of “untranslatability”, step by step
untranslatability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English untranslatable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | untranslatable | Not able to be translated; A word or phrase that... |
| 2 | English | translatable | Capable of being translated into another... |
| 3 | English | translate | Senses relating to the change of information,... |
| 4 | Middle English | translaten | To transport or move; to cause to change place;... |
| 5 | Old French | translater | to translate |
| 6 | Latin | trānslātiō | Translation, in the broadest sense: the process of transferring or carrying something over from one thing to another; in particular |
| 7 | Latin | trānsferō | to bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over |
| 8 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |