Etymology

undividable

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Today it means: not dividable Full definition →

English dividable ← Middle English dividen ← Latin dīvidō
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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*dwóh₁
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  17. Proto-Italic*wiðō
  18. Latin*vidō
  19. Latindīvidō
  20. Middle Englishdividen
  21. Englishdivide
  22. Englishdividable
  23. English todayundividable

From un- + dividable.

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