Etymology

uncontainable

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Today it means: That cannot be contained. Full definition →

English containable ← Middle English conteinen ← Old French contenir
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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*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincon-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
  15. Proto-Italic*tenēō
  16. Latinteneō
  17. Latincontineō
  18. Latincontinēre
  19. Old Frenchcontenir
  20. Middle Englishconteinen
  21. Englishcontain
  22. Englishcontainable
  23. English todayuncontainable

From un- + containable.

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