Where does “inexcusable” come from?
inexcusable (French) comes from Middle French inexcusable, from Latin inexcusabilis, from Latin excusabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
inexcusable (French): inexcusable
Definitions
- inexcusable
Ancestry of “inexcusable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inexcusable | inexcusable |
| 2 | Latin | inexcusabilis | inexcusable |
| 3 | Latin | excusabilis | excusable |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |