Etymology

illimitable

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Today it means: Impervious to limitation, without limit. Full definition →

English limitable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishil-
  7. Englishlimitable
  8. English todayillimitable

From il- + limitable.

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