Etymology

irreplaceable

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Today it means: Incapable of being replaced, especially because of uniqueness or finiteness. Full definition →

English replaceable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Englishreplaceable
  8. English todayirreplaceable

From ir- + replaceable.

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