uncatchable

uncatchable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English un-
Vulgar Latin captus
Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.
Vulgar Latin -io
Vulgar Latin *captiāre
Old French chacierbor.
Anglo-Norman cachierbor.
Middle English cacchen
English catch
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English catchable
English uncatchable

    From un- + catchable.

    Adjective

    uncatchable (not comparable)

    1. Not catchable; that cannot be caught.
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