Where does “nonadjacent” come from?
nonadjacent (English) comes from English adjacent, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
nonadjacent (English): Not adjacent
Definitions
- Not adjacent
Ancestry of “nonadjacent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjacent | Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring;... |
| 2 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 3 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |