Etymology

irresolvable

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Today it means: Impossible to resolve; insoluble. Full definition →

English resolvable ← 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. Englishresolve
  8. Englishresolvable
  9. English todayirresolvable

From ir- + resolvable.

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