Etymology

unmakeable

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Today it means: Unable to be made (in various senses) Full definition →

English make ← Middle English maken ← Old English macian
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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*makaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  10. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  11. Old Englishmacian
  12. Middle Englishmaken
  13. Englishmake
  14. English todayunmakeable

From un- + make + -able.

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