Etymology

uncatchable

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Today it means: Not catchable; that cannot be caught. Full definition →

English catchable ← Middle English cacchen ← Anglo-Norman cachier
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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*kap-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kaptós
  11. Proto-Italic*kaptos
  12. Latincaptus
  13. Vulgar Latin*captiāre
  14. Old Frenchchacier
  15. Anglo-Normancachier
  16. Middle Englishcacchen
  17. Englishcatch
  18. Englishcatchable
  19. English todayuncatchable

From un- + catchable.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.