Invincible

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late Middle English (earlier than vincible ): via Old French from Latin invincibilis, from in- ‘not’ + vincibilis (see vincible).


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From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis(“unconquerable”), from in-(“not”) +‎ vincibilis(“conquerable”), from vincere(“to conquer”).


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invincible (adj.)


early 15c., from Old French invincible (14c.) or directly from Latin invincibilis "unconquerable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vincibilis "to be gained, easily maintained, conquerable," from vincere "to overcome" (from nasalized form of PIE root *weik- (3) "to fight, conquer"). Related: Invincibly.


The noun meaning "one who is invincible" is from 1630s. Invincible ignorance, an ignorance which the person having it lacks means to overcome, is from Church Latin ignorantia invincibilis (Aquinas). The Invincible Armada was the Spanish of 1588. Related: Invincibly.