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Where does “untrollable” come from?

untrollable (English) comes from English trollable, from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

untrollable (English): Not capable of, or suited to, being trolled

Definitions

  1. Not capable of, or suited to, being trolled

Ancestry of “untrollable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrollableCapable of, or suited to, being trolled
2EnglishableEasy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to
3Middle Englishable—
4Old Frenchableable; capable
5Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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