Etymograph

English

irrepealability

From in- + repeal + -ability.

Formed from in + repeal + ability

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Latin pellō ‘push or strike’

Latin repellō ‘drive or thrust back’

Old French rapeler ‘to call back, call in, call after, revoke’

Anglo-Norman repeler

English repeal

Latin habeō ‘to have, possess’

Latin habilis ‘apt, fit, able’

Latin habilitās ‘aptness, ability’

Old French ablete

Middle English abilite ‘suitability, ability’

English ability

Today it means

noun the quality or state of being irrepealable

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

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