Immobile
/ɪˈmoʊ.baɪl/noun
Not able to move; motionless.
Did you know?Immobile comes from Latin mobilis, “movable,” with the negative prefix in-; the same ancient root hides in words like mobile, motor, and even emotion, originally tied to movement.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meue-
“to push, move”
Latin
Latin
mobilis
“movable, easy to move”
Latin
Latin
immobilis
“unmovable, fixed”
Old French
Old French
immobile
“immovable, motionless”
Middle English
English
immobil
“motionless, fixed”
Modern English
English
immobile
“not able to move; motionless”