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Where does “noninvertible” come from?

noninvertible (English) comes from English invertible, from English invert, from English invertebrate, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in — in.

noninvertible (English): That cannot be inverted; not invertible

Definitions

  1. That cannot be inverted; not invertible

Ancestry of “noninvertible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvertibleCapable of being inverted or turned; Able to be...
2EnglishinvertTo turn upside down or inside out; to place in a...
3EnglishinvertebrateAn animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone; A...
4Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
5Middle Englishin-—
6Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
7Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
8Proto-West Germanic*in—
9Proto-Germanicinin; into
10Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
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