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immutable

[ih-myoo-tuh-buhl] Origin

im·mu·ta·ble

[ih-myoo-tuh-buhl]
adjective
not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin immūtābilis. See im-2, mutable

im·mu·ta·bil·i·ty, im·mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
im·mu·ta·bly, adverb
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immutable (ɪˈmjuːtəbəl)
 
adj
unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless: immutable laws
 
immuta'bility
 
n
 
im'mutableness
 
n
 
im'mutably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

immutable
1412, from O.Fr. immutable, from L. immutabilis "unchangeable," from in- "not" + mutabilis "changeable," from mutare "to change" (see mutable).
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