nonremovable

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adjective

Not removable.

OriginEnglish removable ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivenonremovable (not comparable)

alternative non-removable

  1. not comparableNot removable.

    And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges[…]

    1984 February 7, PC Mag, volume 3, number 2, page 234

Origin

  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. Englishnonremovable

From non- + removable.

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APA

nonremovable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonremovable

MLA

“nonremovable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonremovable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonremovable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonremovable.

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