irremovable
Meaningunable to be moved away
Common meaning: not able to be taken away or dismissed
- irnot
- reagain; back
- movto set in motionLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1168 · scan
- ableable to be
‘not’ + ‘again’ + ‘to set in motion’ → irremovable
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin moveō ‘to set in motion’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry moveō, p. 1168 · dictionary scan
Roots
- moveō, mōvī, mōtum Latin “to set in motion”
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