Where does “irriducibile” come from?
irriducibile (Italian) comes from Italian riducibile, from Italian -ibile, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
irriducibile (Italian): irreducible; indomitable, unyielding
Definitions
- irreducible; indomitable, unyielding
Ancestry of “irriducibile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | riducibile | reducible |
| 2 | Italian | -ibile | -ible, -able |
| 3 | Latin | -ibilis | -able; able or worthy to be |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |