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Where does “incirconscriptible” come from?

incirconscriptible (French) comes from French circonscriptible, from French -ible, from Old French -ible, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

incirconscriptible (French): uncircumscribable

Definitions

  1. uncircumscribable

Ancestry of “incirconscriptible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcirconscriptiblecircumscribable
2French-ible-ible
3Old French-ible-ible
4Latin-ibilis-able; able or worthy to be
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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