Where does “nonrecoverable” come from?
nonrecoverable (English) comes from English recoverable, from English recover, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
nonrecoverable (English): not recoverable; damaged or lost forever; having...
Definitions
- not recoverable; damaged or lost forever; having...
Ancestry of “nonrecoverable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | recoverable | Capable of being regained or recovered;... |
| 2 | English | recover | To get back, to regain; to salvage, to extricate,... |
| 3 | English | cover | A lid; Area or situation which screens a person... |
| 4 | Middle English | coveren | to recover |
| 5 | Old French | covrir | to cover |
| 6 | Latin | cooperiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |