This adjective originated from the Latin word “ineluctabilis,” which results from a combination of the words “in” (“not”) and “eluctari” (“struggle out”). Something ineluctable is unable to be escaped — such as the passage of time — while its opposite would be something avoidable or preventable. Ancient Greek mythology introduced the Fates, three women who controlled one’s ineluctable destiny. Each woman was responsible for a different aspect of a person’s lifetime: One spun the thread of life, another measured it to determine the length of that life, and the third cut the thread at the end of life.