Where does “irrepairable” come from?
irrepairable (English) comes from English repairable, from English repair, from Middle English repairen, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
irrepairable (English): That cannot be repaired
Definitions
- That cannot be repaired
Ancestry of “irrepairable”, step by step
irrepairable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English repairable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repairable | Able to be repaired |
| 2 | English | repair | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve... |
| 3 | Middle English | repairen | to return |
| 4 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 5 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 6 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 7 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 8 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
via English ir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ir | — |