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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1126/
- Published: 2023-02-28T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-18T18:20:29.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

ineluctable (adjective):

: not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ineluctable?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Ineluctable has its roots in wrestling, a popular sport in ancient Greece and Rome. The Latin word lucator means “wrestler,” and luctari means “to wrestle,” as well as “to struggle, strive, or contend.” With the addition of e- (ex-) luctari became eluctari, meaning “to struggle clear of.” The negating prefix in- then piled on to form ineluctabilis, an adjective describing something that cannot be escaped or avoided. It is ineluctabilis that English speakers borrowed to form ineluctable, a word often used to describe fates that one cannot squirm free from.

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