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
irrecoverableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irrecoverable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |