Where does “unvoidable” come from?
unvoidable (English) comes from English voidable, from English void, from English voidee, from English voider, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
unvoidable (English): That cannot be voided
Definitions
- That cannot be voided
Ancestry of “unvoidable”, step by step
unvoidable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voidable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voidable | capable of being voided or made void |
| 2 | English | void | Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or... |
| 3 | English | voidee | A cup of wine drunk with spices or other small... |
| 4 | English | voider | One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates,... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |