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Where does “inéluctablement” come from?

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

inéluctablement (French): inevitably, inescapably, ineluctably

Definitions

  1. inevitably, inescapably, ineluctably

Ancestry of “inéluctablement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinéluctableineluctable; inevitable
2Latininēluctābilis—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →