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Where does “incorruptible” come from?

incorruptible (French) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin incorruptibilis, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

incorruptible (French): incorruptible

Definitions

  1. incorruptible

Ancestry of “incorruptible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinincorruptibilisincorruptible, imperishable
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incorruptible”

  • incorruptiblement
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