Etymology

unfathomable

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Today it means: Especially of depth: physically incapable of being measured; immeasurable. Full definition →

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The story

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + fathom (“to measure the depth of (water); (figurative) to deeply understand (someone or something)”) + -able (suffix forming adjectives denoting things not able or fit to be done).

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