Etymology

unsayable

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Today it means: Not capable of being said. Full definition →

English sayable ← Middle English seien ← Old English seċġan
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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*sekʷ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷ-éye-ti
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷ-h₁-yé-ti
  11. Proto-Germanic*sagjaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*saggjan
  13. Old Englishseċġan
  14. Middle Englishseien
  15. Englishsay
  16. Englishsayable
  17. English todayunsayable

From un- + sayable.

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