Etymograph

English

incomparable

Incomparable comes from Latin incomparābilis, from comparābilis ‘comparable, similar’, and ultimately from comparō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomparō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomparābilis‘comparable, similar’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincomparābilis
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600incomparable
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500incomparable
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1905incomparable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomparō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomparābilis‘comparable, similar’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincomparābilis
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600incomparable
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500incomparable
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1905incomparable

Earliest quotation: c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis: “I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable…”

Every English word from Latin comparō

Today it means

adj Not comparable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin comparō / incomparable

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