Where does “irredeemableness” come from?
irredeemableness (English) comes from English irredeemable, from English redeemable, from English redeem, from Middle English redemen, from Old French redimer, from Latin redimo, from Latin red-, from Latin re- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
irredeemableness (English): The quality of being irredeemable
Definitions
- The quality of being irredeemable
Ancestry of “irredeemableness”, step by step
irredeemableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irredeemable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irredeemable | Not redeemable; not able to be restored,... |
| 2 | English | redeemable | Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or... |
| 3 | English | redeem | To recover ownership of something by buying it... |
| 4 | Middle English | redemen | To redeem or liberate; To pay compensation to... |
| 5 | Old French | redimer | — |
| 6 | Latin | redimo | I buy back, repurchase, redeem; I atone for; I... |
| 7 | Latin | red- | Primarily ante-vocalic or poetic variant of re- |
| 8 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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 |