Where does “inadmissible” come from?
inadmissible (French) comes from French admissible, from French admis, from Romanian admite, from French admettre, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad- — in.
inadmissible (French): unacceptable, inadmissible
Definitions
- unacceptable, inadmissible
Ancestry of “inadmissible”, step by step
inadmissible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French admissible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | admissible | admissible, acceptable |
| 2 | French | admis | past participle of admettre; masculine plural of... |
| 3 | Romanian | admite | to admit; to allow, permit |
| 4 | French | admettre | to admit, to accept, to recognize |
| 5 | Old French | admettre | to admit |
| 6 | Latin | admittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | admitto | I let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Middle French inadmissible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inadmissible | — |