Etymology

irremovable

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Today it means: Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Full definition →

English removable ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover
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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. Proto-Italic*wre-
  8. Latinre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmoveō
  13. Latinremoveō
  14. Old Frenchremovoir
  15. Anglo-Normanremover
  16. Middle Englishremoven
  17. Englishremove
  18. Englishremovable
  19. English todayirremovable

From ir- + removable.

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