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Where does “inviolable” come from?

inviolable (French) comes from Latin inviolābilis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inviolable (French): inviolable

Definitions

  1. inviolable

Ancestry of “inviolable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininviolābilis—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inviolable”

  • inviolablement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →