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
- inadmissible, unacceptable
Ancestry of “irrecevable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | recevabilité | admissibility |
| 2 | French | recevable | acceptable, admissible; receivable |
| 3 | French | recevoir | to receive |
| 4 | Middle French | recevoir | — |
| 5 | Old French | recevoir | to receive |
| 6 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |