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Where does “nonad” come from?

nonad (English) comes from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

nonad (English): A collection or series of nine things

Definitions

  1. A collection or series of nine things

Ancestry of “nonad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishADInitialism of anno Domini ; in the year of our...
2EnglishadvantageAny condition, circumstance, opportunity or...
3Middle Englishavantage—
4Old Frenchavantageadvantage; profit; gain
5Old Frenchavantbeforehand; earlier
6Latinab ante—
7Latinantebefore, in front, forwards; before; before,...
8Ancient Greekκλίσιςbending, inclination; a lying down; a place for...
9Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
10Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
11Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “nonad”

  • nonadic
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