Where does “nonalternative” come from?
nonalternative (English) comes from English alternative, from Middle French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
nonalternative (English): Not alternative; primary
Definitions
- Not alternative; primary
Ancestry of “nonalternative”, step by step
nonalternative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alternative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alternative | Relating to a choice between two or more... |
| 2 | Middle French | alternatif | alternating; alternative |
| 3 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 4 | Latin | alternātus | alternated, vacillated |
| 5 | Latin | alternō | to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate |
| 6 | Latin | alternus | alternate (one after the other), successive |
| 7 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |