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Where does “invulnérable” come from?

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

Ancestry of “invulnérable”, step by step

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

Words derived from “invulnérable”

  • invulnerable
  • invulnerably
  • invulnerableness
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