Etymograph

English

irremovable

Irremovable comes from English removable.

  1. English1500–presentremovable
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1978irremovable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentremovable
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1978irremovable

Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “In the pursuit of its objectives the party creates…”

A compound of ir- + removable

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

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Old French removoir ‘to separate’

Anglo-Norman remover

Middle English removen

English remove

English removable

Today it means

adj Not removable; immovable; inflexible.

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

Etymograph / English removable / irremovable