Where does “unrepairable” come from?
unrepairable (English) comes from English repairable, from English repair, from Middle English repairen, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
unrepairable (English): Impossible to repair
Definitions
- Impossible to repair
Ancestry of “unrepairable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repairable | Able to be repaired |
| 2 | English | repair | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve... |
| 3 | Middle English | repairen | to return |
| 4 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 5 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 6 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 7 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 8 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |