Etymology

extricable

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Today it means: Able to be extricated. Full definition →

English extricate ← Latin extrīcātus ← Proto-Italic *eks
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Latintrīcae
  7. Latinextrīcō
  8. Latinextrīcātus
  9. Englishextricate
  10. English todayextricable

From extricate + -able.

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