Etymology

inescapable

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Today it means: Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable. Full definition →

English escapable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishescape
  8. Englishescapable
  9. English todayinescapable

From in- + escapable. Piecewise doublet of unescapable.

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