English
indisputably
Indisputably comes from Latin indisputābili, from disputo ‘to estimate or compute’, and ultimately from putus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to clean, cleanse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputo‘to estimate or compute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputābilis
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindisputābili
- English1500–presentindisputable
- Englishearliest quotation 1946indisputably
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to clean, cleanse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputo‘to estimate or compute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisputābilis
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindisputābili
- English1500–presentindisputable
- Englishearliest quotation 1946indisputably
Earliest quotation: 1946, and December, George Westinghouse, 1846-1914: “It is, perhaps, the most brilliant of all the…”
A compound of indisputable + -ly
Latin putus
Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’
Latin disputo ‘to estimate or compute’
Latin disputābilis
Latin indisputābilis
English indisputable
Linked words
through Latin putus
counter, discount, countable, puta, 9 more
through Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’
account, count, imp, compute, computation, amputation, putative, amputee, repute, raconteur, amputate, imputation, depute, 11 more
through Latin disputo ‘to estimate or compute’
through Latin disputābilis
Today it means
adv In a manner that is incapable of being disputed or argued against.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin putus / indisputably