English
incontradictable
From in- + contradict + -able.
Formed from in + contradict + able
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Germanic *in
Proto-West Germanic *in
Old English in
Middle English in ‘inside’
English in
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’
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Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’
Latin dīcō ‘to say, speak’
Latin contrādīcō ‘speak against’
Latin contrādictus ‘contradicted’
English contradict
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’
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Latin habeō ‘to have’
Latin habilis ‘easily managed, held, or handled’
Old Northern French able ‘able’
Middle English able ‘capable’
English able
Today it means
adj Not able to be contradicted; incontrovertible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / incontradictable