Where does “irrespirable” come from?
irrespirable (English) comes from French irrespirable, from Latin irrespirabilis, from Latin ir-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
irrespirable (English): Unbreathable
Ancestry of “irrespirable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | irrespirable | unbreathable, suffocating |
| 2 | Latin | irrespirabilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | ir- | Alternative form of in-; un- |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |