Where does “irreversibility” come from?
Irreversibility derives from English irreversible, reversible, and Latin -itas (denoting state or quality), in-, and in (meaning "not"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European en and oyd-.
irreversibility (English): The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an...
Definitions
- The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an...
Ancestry of “irreversibility”, step by step
irreversibility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irreversible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irreversible | Incapable of being reversed or turned about or... |
| 2 | English | ir- | Used for expressing negation; not |
| 3 | Latin | ir- | Alternative form of in-; un- |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |