Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unattestable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
unat-testable
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be attested.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English attest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unattestable From un- + attest + -able.

Questions

What does unattestable mean?
That cannot be attested.
Where does unattestable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English attest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unattestable From un- + attest + -able.

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