Etymology

unremovable

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Today it means: Unable to be removed. Full definition →

English removable ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover
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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. Proto-Italic*wre-
  9. Latinre-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  12. Proto-Italic*moweō
  13. Latinmoveō
  14. Latinremoveō
  15. Old Frenchremovoir
  16. Anglo-Normanremover
  17. Middle Englishremoven
  18. Englishremove
  19. Englishremovable
  20. English todayunremovable

From un- + removable.

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