Etymology

inextricable

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Today it means: Impossible to untie or disentangle. Full definition →

Middle French inextricable ← Latin inextrīcābilis ← Proto-Italic *eks
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  7. Proto-Italic*eks
  8. Latinex
  9. Latinex-
  10. Latintrīcae
  11. Latinextrīcō
  12. Latininextrīcābilis
  13. Middle Frenchinextricable
  14. English todayinextricable

From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextrīcābilis.

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