English
inconsiderable
Inconsiderable comes from Middle French inconsidérable.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inconsidérable
- Englishearliest quotation 1660inconsiderable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inconsidérable
- Englishearliest quotation 1660inconsiderable
Earliest quotation: 1660, Richard Allestree, Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.: “[N]o attempt is made to call in God to…”
Equivalent to in- + considerable
Every English word from Middle French inconsidérable
Today it means
adj Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French inconsidérable / inconsiderable