Where does “unrecoupable” come from?
unrecoupable (English) comes from English recoupable, from English recoup, from French recouper, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
unrecoupable (English): Unable to be recouped
Definitions
- Unable to be recouped
Ancestry of “unrecoupable”, step by step
unrecoupable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recoupable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recoupable | Able to be recouped |
| 2 | English | recoup | To make back, as an investment; To recover from... |
| 3 | French | recouper | to recut |
| 4 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 5 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |