Etymograph

English

irremediable

Irremediable comes from Latin irremediābilis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirremediābilis
  2. Englishtodayirremediable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirremediābilis
  2. Englishtodayirremediable

Equivalent to in- + remediable

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Old French remedïable

Middle English remediable

English remediable

Today it means

adj Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.

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

Etymograph / Latin irremediābilis / irremediable