Where does “unrecoverability” come from?
unrecoverability (English) comes from English recoverability, from English recover, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
unrecoverability (English): The quality of being unrecoverable
Definitions
- The quality of being unrecoverable
Ancestry of “unrecoverability”, step by step
unrecoverability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recoverability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recoverability | The property of being able to recover or be... |
| 2 | English | recover | To get back, to regain; to salvage, to extricate,... |
| 3 | English | cover | A lid; Area or situation which screens a person... |
| 4 | Middle English | coveren | to recover |
| 5 | Old French | covrir | to cover |
| 6 | Latin | cooperiō | to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |