Etymology

unaccountable

un·ac·count·a·ble
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Today it means: Inexplicable; unable to be accounted for or explained. Full definition →

English accountable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishaccountable
  9. English todayunaccountable

From un- + accountable.

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