English
indispensable
Indispensable comes from Medieval Latin indispensābilis.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500indispensābilis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600indispensable
- Englishearliest quotation 1679–1715same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500indispensābilis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600indispensable
- Englishearliest quotation 1679–1715same form
Earliest quotation: 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, (please specify the page): “The law was moral and indispensable.”
Formed from in- + dispensable
Every English word from Medieval Latin indispensābilis
Today it means
adj Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin indispensābilis / indispensable