English
inconsolable
Inconsolable comes from Latin inconsolabilis, from cōnsōlābilis ‘consolable’, and ultimately from sōlor.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōlor‘to comfort, console, solace’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsōlor‘to console’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsōlābilis‘consolable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinconsolabilis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inconsolable
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōlor‘to comfort, console, solace’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsōlor‘to console’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsōlābilis‘consolable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinconsolabilis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inconsolable
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
Earliest quotation: 2018, Daniel Taylor, Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester Ci: “Salah looked inconsolable as he was led from the…”
Equivalent to in- + consolable
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *selh₂-
hilarious, solace, hilarity, 4 more
through Latin cōnsōlor ‘to console’
Today it means
adj Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sōlor / inconsolable