Where does “irreversible” come from?
Irreversible comes from Middle English in- (not), Latin in- (not), Latin in (in), Proto-Indo-European ne (not), Proto-Indo-European oyd- (turn), Proto-Indo-European en (in), and Proto-Indo-European en (in).
irreversible (English): Incapable of being reversed or turned about or...
Definitions
- Incapable of being reversed or turned about or...
Ancestry of “irreversible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ir- | Used for expressing negation; not |
| 2 | Latin | ir- | Alternative form of in-; un- |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “irreversible”