Etymology Explorer › English

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

  1. Not treatable; impossible to treat; A person with...

Ancestry of “untreatable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreatableAble to be treated; not incurable; Not...
2Frenchtraitabletreatable; processable
3Frenchtraiterto treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat
4Middle Frenchtraicterto treat
5Old Frenchtraiter—
6Latintractāre—
7Latintractō—
8Latin-tō—
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus—
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “untreatable”

  • untreatably
  • untreatableness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →