irrealis

The story

1. Latin · derived fromin-“un-: not”
2. New Latin · learned borrowing fromirreālis“intangible, immaterial”
3. English todayirrealis

Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.

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