Etymograph

English

irremeable

Irremeable comes from Latin irremeābilis ‘irremeable: admitting no return’, from Proto-Italic *n̥- ‘un-’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né ‘not’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*né‘not’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-‘not’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCEsame form‘un-’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirremeābilis‘irremeable: admitting no return’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1690irremeable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*né‘not’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-‘not’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCEsame form‘un-’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirremeābilis‘irremeable: admitting no return’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1690irremeable

Earliest quotation: 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian: “Oh , thou hast given me such a glimpse…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *né ‘not’

no, negative, na, ne, negotiate, necessity, negotiator, renegade, negate, renege, 13 more

through Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ‘not’

ungodly, 6 more

Today it means

adj Admitting no return; from or by which one cannot return.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *né / irremeable

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