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Where does “retraceable” come from?

retraceable (English) comes from English retrace, from French retracer, from French ré-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

retraceable (English): Capable of being retraced

Definitions

  1. Capable of being retraced

Ancestry of “retraceable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretraceTo trace again; To go back over something,...
2Frenchretracerto recount, to tell; to redraw, to draw again
3Frenchré-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “retraceable”

  • irretraceable
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