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Where does “interminable” come from?

interminable (Middle French) comes from Late Latin interminabilis, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “interminable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latininterminabilisinterminable, endless
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “interminable”

  • interminable
  • interminably
  • interminableness
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