English
inquestionable
From in- + question + -able.
Formed from in + question + able
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Germanic *in
Proto-West Germanic *in
Old English in
Middle English in ‘inside’
English in
Latin quaerere ‘to seek’
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Latin quaestiōnem
Old French question
Anglo-Norman questiun
Middle English questioun ‘a problem’
English question
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’
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Latin habeō ‘to have’
Latin habilis ‘easily managed, held, or handled’
Old Northern French able ‘able’
Middle English able ‘capable’
English able
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inquestionable