Etymology

undrinkability

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Today it means: The state or property of being undrinkable. Full definition →

English drink ← Middle English drynken ← Old English drincan
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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-Germanic*drinkaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*drinkan
  10. Old Englishdrincan
  11. Middle Englishdrynken
  12. Englishdrink
  13. English todayundrinkability

From un- + drink + -ability.

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