English
inobservable
Inobservable comes from Latin inobservabilis ‘unobservable, undiscoverable’, from observābilis ‘observable’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serwos‘guardian?’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEservos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEservus‘a slave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservō‘watch, keep safe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobservō‘to observe, notice’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobservābilis‘observable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinobservabilis‘unobservable, undiscoverable’
- Englishtodayinobservable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serwos‘guardian?’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEservos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEservus‘a slave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservō‘watch, keep safe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobservō‘to observe, notice’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobservābilis‘observable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinobservabilis‘unobservable, undiscoverable’
- Englishtodayinobservable
Formed from in- ‘not’ + observable
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to guard, take care’
series, sort, stream, hero, desert, insert, assertion, sermon, exert, heresy, concierge, sorcery, sorcerer, assertive, heretic, sark, strudel, sere, 29 more
through Old Latin servos
through Latin servus ‘a slave’
service, serve, servitude, serf, servile, 5 more
through Latin servō ‘watch, keep safe’
reserve, conservative, reservoir, conservatism, conserve, conservator, 2 more
through Latin observō ‘to observe, notice’
Today it means
adj unobservable
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *serwos / inobservable