Etymology

incontrovertible

Today it means: Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning. Full definition →

English controvertible ← 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. Englishin-
  7. Englishcontrovert
  8. Englishcontrovertible
  9. English todayincontrovertible

From in- + controvertible.

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