Etymology

unidentifiable

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Today it means: Difficult, if not impossible, to identify or name Full definition →

English identifiable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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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. Englishidentify
  9. Englishidentifiable
  10. English todayunidentifiable

From un- + identifiable.

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