Etymology

incomprehensible

Today it means: Impossible or very difficult to understand. Full definition →

Middle French incomprehensible ← Latin incomprehēnsibili ← Proto-Italic *praiɣendō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincon-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  13. Proto-Italic*prai
  14. Proto-Italic*prai-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*gʰnédti
  17. Proto-Italic*hendō
  18. Proto-Italic*praiɣendō
  19. Latinprehendō
  20. Latincomprehendō
  21. Latincomprehēnsibilis
  22. Latinincomprehēnsibili
  23. Middle Frenchincomprehensible
  24. English todayincomprehensible

From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.

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