Etymology

unkillable

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Today it means: Not killable; unable to be killed. Full definition →

English killable ← Dutch ki ← Middle Dutch kille
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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*ǵeyH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵi(H)-l-
  10. Proto-Germanic*kiljǭ
  11. Proto-West Germanic*killjā
  12. Old Dutch*killa
  13. Middle Dutchkille
  14. Dutchki
  15. Englishkill
  16. Englishkillable
  17. English todayunkillable

From un- + killable.

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