Etymology

irredeemable

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Today it means: Not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped. Full definition →

English redeemable ← Middle English redemen ← Old French redimer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinir-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Latinred-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  10. Proto-Italic*emō
  11. Latinemō
  12. Latinredimō
  13. Old Frenchredimer
  14. Middle Englishredemen
  15. Englishredeem
  16. Englishredeemable
  17. English todayirredeemable

From ir- + redeemable.

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