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Where does “inevitable” come from?

inevitable (Middle French) comes from Latin inevitabilis, from Latin ēvītābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

inevitable (Middle French): inevitable; unavoidable

Definitions

  1. inevitable; unavoidable

Ancestry of “inevitable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininevitabilisunavoidable
2Latinēvītābilis—
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “inevitable”

  • inevitable
  • inevitably
  • inevitableness
  • noninevitable
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