Where does “inapprivoisable” come from?
inapprivoisable (French) comes from French apprivoisable, from French apprivoiser, from Latin apprīvātiāre, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er — Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
inapprivoisable (French): untameable
Definitions
- untameable
Ancestry of “inapprivoisable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | apprivoisable | tameable |
| 2 | French | apprivoiser | to tame; to win over, to charm |
| 3 | Latin | apprīvātiāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 5 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 6 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 7 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 8 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 9 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 10 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 11 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 12 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |