Etymology

unactable

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Today it means: Impossible to act. Full definition →

English actable ← Middle English acte ← Old French act
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Latināctus
  13. Latinācta
  14. Old Frenchact
  15. Middle Englishacte
  16. Englishact
  17. Englishactable
  18. English todayunactable

From un- + actable.

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