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

  1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or...

Ancestry of “irreversible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishir-Used for expressing negation; not
2Latinir-Alternative form of in-; un-
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “irreversible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →