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Where does “inquestionnable” come from?

inquestionnable (French) comes from French questionnable, from French question, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

inquestionnable (French): unquestionable

Definitions

  1. unquestionable

Ancestry of “inquestionnable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquestionnablequestionable
2Frenchquestiona question; a matter or issue; a problem
3Old Frenchquestionquestion
4Latinquaestiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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