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Where does “nonrepeatable” come from?

nonrepeatable (English) comes from English repeatable, from English repeat, from Middle English repeten, from Middle French repeter, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

nonrepeatable (English): Not repeatable

Definitions

  1. Not repeatable

Ancestry of “nonrepeatable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepeatableAble to be repeated; That gives the same results...
2EnglishrepeatTo do or say again; To refill; To happen again;...
3Middle Englishrepetento repeat
4Middle Frenchrepeter—
5Old Frenchrepeterto repeat; to say multiple times
6Latinrepetō—
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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