Etymology

unredeemable

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Today it means: Not redeemable; irredeemable. Full definition →

English redeemable ← Middle English redemen ← Old French redimer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Latinred-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  11. Proto-Italic*emō
  12. Latinemō
  13. Latinredimō
  14. Old Frenchredimer
  15. Middle Englishredemen
  16. Englishredeem
  17. Englishredeemable
  18. English todayunredeemable

From un- + redeemable.

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