Etymology

improbable

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Today it means: Not likely to be true. Full definition →

Latin improbābilis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromimprobābilis
  2. English todayimprobable

Borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable.

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