Etymology

uncountable

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Today it means: So many as to be incapable of being counted. Full definition →

English countable ← Middle English countable ← Anglo-Norman counter
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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. Latinputus
  14. Latinputō
  15. Latincomputō
  16. Anglo-Normancounter
  17. Middle Englishcounten
  18. Middle Englishcountable
  19. Englishcountable
  20. English todayuncountable

From un- + countable.

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