Etymology

intractable

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Today it means: Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed. Full definition →

English tractable ← 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. Englishtractable
  8. English todayintractable

From in- + tractable.

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