Etymology

inactivable

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Today it means: Capable of being inactivated Full definition →

English activable ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif
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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. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  9. Proto-Italic*agō
  10. Latinagō
  11. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  12. Latināctīvu
  13. Old Frenchactif
  14. Middle Englishactyf
  15. Englishactive
  16. Englishactivate
  17. Englishactivable
  18. English todayinactivable

From in- + activable.

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