Etymology

unquantifiable

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Today it means: Incapable of being quantified or precisely defined mathematically. Full definition →

English quantifiable ← Medieval Latin quantificō ← Proto-Italic *θakos
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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*kʷ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷoider.?
  11. Proto-Italic*kʷāntos
  12. Latinquantus
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Italic*θakos
  15. Medieval Latinquantificō
  16. Englishquantify
  17. Englishquantifiable
  18. English todayunquantifiable

From un- + quantifiable.

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