Where does “nonredeemable” come from?
nonredeemable (English) comes from English redeemable, from English redeem, from Middle English redemen, from Old French redimer, from Latin redimo, from Latin red-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
nonredeemable (English): Not redeemable; Not able to be redeemed by being...
Definitions
- Not redeemable; Not able to be redeemed by being...
Ancestry of “nonredeemable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | redeemable | Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or... |
| 2 | English | redeem | To recover ownership of something by buying it... |
| 3 | Middle English | redemen | To redeem or liberate; To pay compensation to... |
| 4 | Old French | redimer | — |
| 5 | Latin | redimo | I buy back, repurchase, redeem; I atone for; I... |
| 6 | Latin | red- | Primarily ante-vocalic or poetic variant of re- |
| 7 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |