Etymology

irretrievable

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Today it means: Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable Full definition →

English retrievable ← 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. Englishretrieve
  8. Englishretrievable
  9. English todayirretrievable

From ir- + retrievable.

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