Where does “inexploitable” come from?

inexploitable (French) comes from French exploitable, from French exploiter, from Old French esploitier, from Old French espleitier, from Vulgar Latin explicitare, from Latin explico, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

inexploitable (French): unexploitable; impractical

Definitions

  1. unexploitable; impractical

Ancestry of “inexploitable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexploitableexploitable
2Frenchexploiterto exploit
3Old Frenchesploitierto use; to make use of
4Old FrenchespleitierAlternative form of esploitier
5Vulgar Latinexplicitare
6LatinexplicoI unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,...
7Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-Every word from Latin plicō