Where does “irrecoverableness” come from?
irrecoverableness (English) comes from English irrecoverable, from English recoverable, from English recover, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
irrecoverableness (English): The quality of being irrecoverable
Definitions
- The quality of being irrecoverable
Ancestry of “irrecoverableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | irrecoverable | Not recoverable; incapable of being recovered;... |
| 2 | English | recoverable | Capable of being regained or recovered;... |
| 3 | English | recover | To get back, to regain; to salvage, to extricate,... |
| 4 | English | cover | A lid; Area or situation which screens a person... |
| 5 | Middle English | coveren | to recover |
| 6 | Old French | covrir | to cover |
| 7 | Latin | cooperiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |