English
ineffability
Ineffability comes from Latin ineffabilitas.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEineffabilitas
- Englishearliest quotation 1924ineffability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEineffabilitas
- Englishearliest quotation 1924ineffability
Earliest quotation: 1924, Herman Melville: “To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking…”
Every English word from Latin ineffabilitas
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being ineffable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ineffabilitas / ineffability