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Where does “unresumable” come from?

unresumable (English) comes from English resumable, from English résumé, from French résumé, from French résumer, from Latin resūmō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

unresumable (English): Not resumable

Definitions

  1. Not resumable

Ancestry of “unresumable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishresumableThat can be resumed
2EnglishrésuméAlternative spelling of resume
3Frenchrésumépast participle of résumer; summary, résumé;...
4Frenchrésumerto summarize, to sum up
5Latinresūmō—
6Latinrĕ-—
7Latinprōdūcō—
8Latinprō-—
9Proto-Italic*pro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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