Etymology

unattackable

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Today it means: Which may not be attacked. Full definition →

English attack ← French attaque ← Italian attaccare
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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*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Italiana-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  14. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  15. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  16. Proto-Italic*dis-
  17. Latindis-
  18. Old Frenchdes-
  19. Old Frenchatachier
  20. Old Frenchdestachier
  21. Middle Frenchdestacher
  22. Italiandistaccare
  23. Italianstaccare
  24. Italianattaccare
  25. Frenchattaquerdeverb.
  26. Frenchattaque
  27. Englishattack
  28. English todayunattackable

From un- + attack + -able.

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