Etymology

impalatable

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Today it means: unpalatable Full definition →

English palatable ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinim-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  10. Latinpalātum
  11. Old Frenchpalat
  12. Middle Englishpalate
  13. Englishpalate
  14. Englishpalatable
  15. English todayimpalatable

From im- + palatable.

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