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Where does “imbuvable” come from?

imbuvable (French) comes from French im-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imbuvable (French): undrinkable, impotable; unbearable

Definitions

  1. undrinkable, impotable; unbearable

Ancestry of “imbuvable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchim-a form of the prefix in-, used before "b", "m"...
2Latinîn—
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →