Where does “nonadjectival” come from?
nonadjectival (English) comes from English adjectival, from English adjective, from French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from Latin adiciō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
nonadjectival (English): Not adjectival
Definitions
- Not adjectival
Ancestry of “nonadjectival”, step by step
nonadjectival traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adjectival
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjectival | Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;... |
| 2 | English | adjective | A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s... |
| 3 | French | adjectif | adjective |
| 4 | Latin | adiectivus | Alternative form of adjectīvus; adjective |
| 5 | Latin | adiciō | to throw, hurl, cast or fling an object to, towards, or at |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |