Etymograph

English

insociable

Insociable comes from Latin īnsociābilis ‘unable to combine with others, unsociable’, from sociābilis ‘that may be easily united or joined together,…’, and ultimately from sociāre.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsociāre
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsociābilis‘that may be easily united or joined together, sociable’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsociābilis‘unable to combine with others, unsociable’
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596insociable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsociāre
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsociābilis‘that may be easily united or joined together, sociable’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsociābilis‘unable to combine with others, unsociable’
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596insociable

Earliest quotation: c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, Loues Labour’s Lost: “I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt…”

Linked words

through Latin sociābilis ‘that may be easily united or joined together,…’

sociability, 1 more

Today it means

adj Not sociable or companionable.

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

Etymograph / Latin sociāre / insociable

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