Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
Etymology tree English fathom Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fathomless From fathom + -less.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
