Where does “invraisemblable” come from?
invraisemblable (French) comes from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
invraisemblable (French): unbelievable, improbable, implausible
Definitions
- unbelievable, improbable, implausible
Ancestry of “invraisemblable”, step by step
invraisemblable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vrai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 2 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 3 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via French semblable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | semblable | similar; something or someone that belongs to the... |
| 2 | French | sembler | to seem, to resemble; to appear |
| 3 | Middle French | sembler | to seem; to appear |
| 4 | Old French | sembler | Alternative form of sambler; to be like; to seem |
| 5 | Latin | similāre | a fax machine |
| 6 | Latin | similaris | uniform; similar; second-person singular present... |
| 7 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | semalis | similiar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |