Etymology

uncopiable

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

English copiable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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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. Englishcopiable
  9. English todayuncopiable

From un- + copiable.

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