Etymology

unpalatalizable

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Today it means: Not palatalizable. Full definition →

English palatalizable ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English palate
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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*pleth₂-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  11. Latinpalātum
  12. Old Frenchpalat
  13. Middle Englishpalate
  14. Englishpalate
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishpalatal
  18. Englishpalatalize
  19. Englishpalatalizable
  20. English todayunpalatalizable

From un- + palatalizable.

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