Etymology

nonremovable

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Today it means: Not removable. Full definition →

English removable ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Italic*wre-
  15. Latinre-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  18. Proto-Italic*moweō
  19. Latinmoveō
  20. Latinremoveō
  21. Old Frenchremovoir
  22. Anglo-Normanremover
  23. Middle Englishremoven
  24. Englishremove
  25. Englishremovable
  26. English todaynonremovable

From non- + removable.

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