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Where does “inéluctable” come from?

inéluctable (French) comes from Latin inēluctābilis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inéluctable (French): ineluctable; inevitable

Definitions

  1. ineluctable; inevitable

Ancestry of “inéluctable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininēluctābilis—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inéluctable”

  • inéluctabilité
  • inéluctablement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →