Etymology

undiscoverable

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Today it means: Unable to be discovered; hidden perfectly. Full definition →

English discoverable ← Middle English discoveren ← Old French descovrir
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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*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  11. Proto-Italic*dis-
  12. Latindis-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  15. Proto-Italic*kom
  16. Proto-Italic*kom-
  17. Latincon-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
  22. Latinoperiō
  23. Latincooperiō
  24. Latindiscooperīre
  25. Late Latindiscoperīre
  26. Old Frenchdescovrir
  27. Middle Englishdiscoveren
  28. Englishdiscover
  29. Englishdiscoverable
  30. English todayundiscoverable

From un- + discoverable.

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