Etymology

uncharacterizable

Today it means: Not characterizable; that cannot be characterized. Full definition →

English characterizable ← Medieval Latin charactērizō ← Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)
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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. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  9. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  10. Ancient Greekχᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)
  11. Medieval Latincharactērizō
  12. Englishcharacterize
  13. Englishcharacterizable
  14. English todayuncharacterizable

From un- + characterizable.

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