Etymology

unstoppable

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Today it means: Unable to be stopped. Full definition →

English stoppable ← Middle English stoppen ← Old English stoppian
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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*stoppōn
  9. Old Englishstoppian
  10. Middle Englishstoppen
  11. Englishstop
  12. Englishstoppable
  13. English todayunstoppable

From un- + stoppable.

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