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What is the origin of the word?

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What is the origin of the word irrepressible. Like the language or whatever. Please answer ASAP. Thankyouthankyou. :))

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  1. how the **** am i supposed to know


  2. 1811, from in- "not" + repressible (see repress). First attested in "Sense and Sensibility."

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term...

    [Origin: 1805–15; ir-2 + repressible]

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q...

    repressible

    [Origin: 1325–75; ME repressen < L repressus (ptp. of reprimere), equiv. to re- re- + pressus, ptp. of primere to press1]

    [Middle English repressen, from Latin reprimere, repress- : re-, re- + premere, to press; see  per-4 in Indo-European roots.]

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/r...

  3. the word "repress" has etymology

    [14th century. < Latin repress-, past participle of reprimere "press back" < premere "to press"]

    since irrepressible is made by adding prefix -ir(negate) and suffix -ible (capable of), it has the same etymology as the "stem" word, for lack of a better word

  4. Middle English from Latin
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