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Where does “irrecevable” come from?

irrecevable (French) comes from French recevabilité, from French recevable, from French recevoir, from Middle French recevoir, from Old French recevoir, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

irrecevable (French): inadmissible, unacceptable

Definitions

  1. inadmissible, unacceptable

Ancestry of “irrecevable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrecevabilitéadmissibility
2Frenchrecevableacceptable, admissible; receivable
3Frenchrecevoirto receive
4Middle Frenchrecevoir—
5Old Frenchrecevoirto receive
6Latinrecipiō—
7Latincapiō—
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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