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Where does “nonaffective” come from?

nonaffective (English) comes from English affective, from Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

nonaffective (English): Not affective

Definitions

  1. Not affective

Ancestry of “nonaffective”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaffectiveRelating to, resulting from, or influenced by the...
2Medieval Latinaffectivusaffective; of willing or desiring
3Latinaffectusaffection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,...
4Latinafficiō—
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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