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immedicable
Immedicable comes from Latin immedicābilis ‘incurable’, from medicābilis ‘curable’, and ultimately from medeor ‘heal, cure’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedeor‘heal, cure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicus‘medical’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicō‘to cure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicābilis‘curable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmedicābilis‘incurable’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600immedicable
- Englishearliest quotation 1650same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedeor‘heal, cure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicus‘medical’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicō‘to cure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicābilis‘curable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmedicābilis‘incurable’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600immedicable
- Englishearliest quotation 1650same form
Earliest quotation: 1650, John Donne: “Here love receiv'd immedicable harmes, / And was dispoiled…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure, give advice, heal’
must, model, modern, mode, mood, mud, mold, module, meditation, blackmail, modal, modus, modulate, mote, mete, moulder, modifiable, 27 more
through Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
commodity, mould, modification, modulation, molding, modulus, modicum, modulo, 9 more
through Latin medeor ‘heal, cure’
through Latin medicus ‘medical’
medical, medicine, medication, med, meth, medicinal, medic, 6 more
through Latin medicō ‘to cure’
Today it means
adj Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin medeor / immedicable