Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inapproachable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ap-proach-able
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not approachable.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English approach Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English approachable English inapproachable From in- + approachable.

Inflected Forms

more inapproachable (comparative) most inapproachable (superlative)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does inapproachable mean?
Not approachable.
Where does inapproachable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English approach Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English approachable English inapproachable From in- + approachable.

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