Where does “inefável” come from?

inefável (Portuguese) comes from Latin ineffābilis, from Latin effabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

inefável (Portuguese): ineffable beyond expression

Definitions

  1. ineffable beyond expression

Ancestry of “inefável”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinineffābilisunutterable, unpronounceable
2Latineffabilisutterable
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom
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