Where does “irrecoverably” come from?
Irrecoverably derives from English irrecoverable, formed with the prefix ir- from English recoverable, which comes from English recover, ultimately from Latin re- and Latin cover, itself from Latin in and Proto-Indo-European ne.
irrecoverably (English): In an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery
Definitions
- In an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery
Ancestry of “irrecoverably”, step by step
| 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 |