Etymology

invincible

in·vin·cib·le
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Today it means: Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome. Full definition →

Middle French invincible ← Latin invincibilis
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  1. Latin · derived frominvincibilis“unconquerable”
  2. Middle French · derived frominvincible
  3. English todayinvincible

From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).

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