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# Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-1508/
- Published: 2019-07-11T18:15:25.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-13T22:56:40.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

The word for today is…

insuperable (adj) – Impossible to overcome; insurmountable.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/insuperable?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Insuperable first appeared in print in the 14th century, and as a close synonym to insurmountable, it still means now approximately what it did then. In Latin, superare means “to go over, surmount, overcome, or excel.” (The sur- in surmount is related to the Latin prefix super-.) The Latin word insuperabilis, from which insuperable is derived, was formed by combining the negative prefix in- with superare plus abilis (“able”). Hence, insuperabilis means “unable to be surmounted, overcome, or passed over,” or more simply, “insurmountable.” The word can describe physical barriers that cannot be scaled (such as walls or mountains) as well as more figurative challenges, obstacles, or difficulties.