Where does “untreatable” come from?
untreatable (English) comes from English treatable, from French traitable, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
untreatable (English): Not treatable; impossible to treat; A person with...
Definitions
- Not treatable; impossible to treat; A person with...
Ancestry of “untreatable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treatable | Able to be treated; not incurable; Not... |
| 2 | French | traitable | treatable; processable |
| 3 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 4 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 5 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 8 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |