Etymology

imponderable

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Today it means: Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. Full definition →

English ponderable ← 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. Englishim-
  7. Englishponder
  8. Englishponderable
  9. English todayimponderable

From im- + ponderable.

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