Etymology

interminable

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Today it means: Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending. Full definition →

Middle English interminable ← Middle French interminable ← Late Latin interminābilis
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  1. Late Latin · derived frominterminābilis
  2. Middle French · derived frominterminable
  3. Middle English · inherited frominterminable
  4. English todayinterminable

From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.

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