Where does “unrevivable” come from?
unrevivable (English) comes from English revivable, from English revive, from Middle English reviven, from Latin revivere, from Latin vivere, from Latin vivo, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
unrevivable (English): Impossible to revive
Definitions
- Impossible to revive
Ancestry of “unrevivable”, step by step
unrevivable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English revivable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revivable | That can be revived. Possible to return to life |
| 2 | English | revive | To return to life; to become reanimated or... |
| 3 | Middle English | reviven | — |
| 4 | Latin | revivere | present active infinitive of revīvō |
| 5 | Latin | vivere | present active infinitive of vīvō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | vivo | I live; I am alive, I survive; I reside in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |