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Where does “unworshipable” come from?

unworshipable (English) comes from English worshipable, from English worship, from Old English weorþsciepe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

unworshipable (English): That cannot be worshiped

Definitions

  1. That cannot be worshiped

Ancestry of “unworshipable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishworshipableCapable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration
2EnglishworshipThe condition of being worthy; honour,...
3Old Englishweorþsciepe—
4Old English-sċiepe—
5Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
7Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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