incorrigible

The story

1. Latin · derived fromincorrigibilis“not to be corrected”
2. Middle French · derived fromincorrigible
3. Middle English · inherited fromincorrigible
4. English todayincorrigible

From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”), equivalent to in- + corrigible. Recorded since 1340.