Etymology

unnameable

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Today it means: That cannot, or should not, be named. Full definition →

English nameable ← Middle English name ← Old English nama
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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*h₁nómn̥
  9. Proto-Germanic*namô
  10. Proto-West Germanic*namō
  11. Old Englishnama
  12. Middle Englishname
  13. Englishname
  14. Englishnameable
  15. English todayunnameable

From un- + nameable.

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