Where does “irreversibly” come from?
Irreversibly derives from English irreversible, from English reversible, from Old English -līċ meaning "like," combined with Latin in- and Latin in from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not" and oyd- meaning "to go," with ḱóm meaning "together."
irreversibly (English): In an irreversible manner
Definitions
- In an irreversible manner
Ancestry of “irreversibly”, step by step
| 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 |