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Where does “nonalphanumeric” come from?

nonalphanumeric (English) comes from English alphanumeric, from English numeric, from French numérique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

nonalphanumeric (English): Not alphanumeric; Any text character that is not...

Definitions

  1. Not alphanumeric; Any text character that is not...

Ancestry of “nonalphanumeric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalphanumericConsisting of, or limited to, letters and/or...
2EnglishnumericOf or relating to numbers, especially the...
3Frenchnumériquenumeric; numerical; digital
4French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
5Middle French-ique—
6Old French-ique-ic
7Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
8Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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