Etymology

indisputable

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Today it means: Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true Full definition →

Latin indisputābili ← Proto-Italic *dis- ← Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  8. Proto-Italic*dis-
  9. Latindis-
  10. Latinputus
  11. Latinputō
  12. Latindisputo
  13. Latindisputābilis
  14. Latinindisputābili
  15. English todayindisputable

Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis. By surface analysis, in- + disputable.

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