Etymology

unarguable

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Today it means: Not arguable; that cannot be reasonably argued against. Full definition →

English arguable ← Middle English arguen ← Old French arguer
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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*h₂erǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  10. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  11. Latinarguō
  12. Old Frencharguer
  13. Middle Englisharguen
  14. Englishargue
  15. Englisharguable
  16. English todayunarguable

From un- + arguable.

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