Etymology

unpronounceable

U1N1P3R1O1N1O1U1N1C3E1A1B3L1E1

Today it means: Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate. Full definition →

English pronounceable ← Middle English pronouncen ← Old French prononcier
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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*per-der.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  12. Proto-Italic*pro-
  13. Latinprō-
  14. Latinnūntius
  15. Latinnūntiō
  16. Latinprōnūntiō
  17. Old Frenchprononcier
  18. Middle Englishpronouncen
  19. Englishpronounce
  20. Englishpronounceable
  21. English todayunpronounceable

From un- + pronounceable.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.