irreducible
Meaningunable to be led back
Common meaning: unable to be made simpler or smaller
- irnot
- reagain; back
- ducto lead or draw alongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 615 · scan
- ibleable to be
‘not’ + ‘again’ + ‘to lead or draw along’ → irreducible
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 dūcō ‘to lead or draw along’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dūcō, p. 615 · dictionary scan
Roots
- dūcō, dūxī, ductum Latin “to lead or draw along”
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