Where does “nonrestorable” come from?
nonrestorable (English) comes from English restorable, from English restore, from Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre- — re-, more specifically.
nonrestorable (English): unrestorable
Definitions
- unrestorable
Ancestry of “nonrestorable”, step by step
nonrestorable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English restorable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | restorable | Capable of being restored or reclaimed |
| 2 | English | restore | To reestablish, or bring back into existence; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | restoren | — |
| 4 | Old French | restorer | to restore |
| 5 | Latin | rēstaurō | to restore |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *wre- | re-, more specifically |