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Where does “irréductible” come from?

irréductible (French) comes from French in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

irréductible (French): irreducible; indomitable, implacable

Definitions

  1. irreducible; indomitable, implacable

Ancestry of “irréductible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchin-in-; un-
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “irréductible”

  • irréductiblement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →