Where does “unrepairably” come from?
unrepairably (English) comes from English unrepairable, from English repairable, from English repair, from Middle English repairen, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius — second-person singular future passive indicative...
unrepairably (English): Such that it cannot be repaired
Definitions
- Such that it cannot be repaired
Ancestry of “unrepairably”, step by step
unrepairably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unrepairable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unrepairable | Impossible to repair |
| 2 | English | repairable | Able to be repaired |
| 3 | English | repair | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve... |
| 4 | Middle English | repairen | to return |
| 5 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 6 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 7 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 8 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 9 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |