Etymology

unplayable

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Today it means: That cannot be played, that is too hard too play. Full definition →

English playable ← Middle English pleye ← Old English plega
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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-West Germanic*plehan
  9. Old Englishpleġan
  10. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  11. Proto-West Germanic*plegōn
  12. Old Englishplegian
  13. Middle Englishpleyen
  14. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  15. Old Englishplega
  16. Middle Englishpleye
  17. Englishplay
  18. Englishplayable
  19. English todayunplayable

From un- + playable.

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