Etymograph

English

indubitable

Indubitable may come from French indubitable.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentindubitableuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentindubitableuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Equivalent to in- + dubitable

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin dubitō ‘doubt’

Latin dubitābilis ‘doubtful’

English dubitable

Today it means

adj Clearly true; providing no possibility of doubt.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French indubitable / indubitable