Etymology

irreflexive

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Today it means: Of a binary relation R on X: such that no element of X is R-related to itself. Full definition →

English reflexive ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Englishreflexive
  8. English todayirreflexive

From ir- + reflexive.

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