Etymology

nonpalatable

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Today it means: Not palatable. Full definition →

English palatable ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  17. Latinpalātum
  18. Old Frenchpalat
  19. Middle Englishpalate
  20. Englishpalate
  21. Englishpalatable
  22. English todaynonpalatable

From non- + palatable.

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