Where does “unrepayable” come from?
unrepayable (English) comes from English repayable, from English repay, from Old French repaier, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.
unrepayable (English): not capable of being repaid
Definitions
- not capable of being repaid
Ancestry of “unrepayable”, step by step
unrepayable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English repayable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repayable | Able to be repaid; to be repaid; owing; An... |
| 2 | English | repay | To pay back |
| 3 | Old French | repaier | to pay back |
| 4 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pāx | peace |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |