inadvisable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Old French a

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Old French vis

Old French avis

Old French aviserbor.

Middle English avisen

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Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti

Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti

Proto-Italic *weidsō

Latin visō

Late Latin advisōder.

English advise

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English advisable

English inadvisable

From in- + advisable.

Adjective

inadvisable (comparative more inadvisable, superlative most inadvisable)

1. Unwise; not recommended; not prudent; not to be advised.

Derived terms

• inadvisableness
• inadvisably

Related terms

• inadvisability
• unadvisable

Translations

not advisable

• Bulgarian: непрепоръчителен (nepreporăčitelen)
• French: déconseillé (fr)
• Galician: desaconsellable (gl), desaconsellábel (gl)
• Italian: sconsigliato (it)
• Portuguese: desaconselhável (pt)
• Spanish: desaconsejable