Where does “irreversibleness” come from?
irreversibleness (English) comes from English irreversible, from English ir-, from Latin ir-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
irreversibleness (English): The state or quality of being irreversible
Definitions
- The state or quality of being irreversible
Ancestry of “irreversibleness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |