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Where does “irrespirable” come from?

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

irrespirable (French): unbreathable, suffocating

Definitions

  1. unbreathable, suffocating

Ancestry of “irrespirable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinirrespirabilis—
2Latinir-Alternative form of in-; un-
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →