Etymology

irretraceable

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Today it means: Not retraceable; unable to be retraced. Full definition →

English retraceable ← Latin ir- ← Proto-Italic *n̥-
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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. Englishretraceable
  8. English todayirretraceable

From ir- + retraceable.

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