English
irresistibility
Irresistibility comes from Latin irresistibilis ‘irresistible’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirresistibilis‘irresistible’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEirresistibilitās
- Englishearliest quotation 1800irresistibility
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirresistibilis‘irresistible’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEirresistibilitās
- Englishearliest quotation 1800irresistibility
Earliest quotation: 1800, Edward Nares, Thinks-I-to-Myself: “They came a little before five. I had, as…”
A compound of re- + sistō ‘to cause to stand’ + resisto ‘to stand back, remain standing somewhere’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’
Proto-Italic *sistō ‘to stand’
Latin sistō ‘to cause to stand’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’
Proto-Italic *sistō ‘to stand’
Latin sistō ‘to cause to stand’
Latin resisto ‘to stand back, remain standing somewhere’
Every English word from Latin irresistibilis
Today it means
noun The quality of being irresistible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin irresistibilis / irresistibility