Where does “irreplicable” come from?
irreplicable (English) comes from English replicable, from English replica, from Italian replica, from Latin replicō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
irreplicable (English): Incapable of being replicated
Definitions
- Incapable of being replicated
Ancestry of “irreplicable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | replicable | That can be replicated |
| 2 | English | replica | An exact copy; A copy made at a smaller scale... |
| 3 | Italian | replica | third-person singular present of replicare;... |
| 4 | Latin | replicō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |