Where does “nonanadromous” come from?
nonanadromous (English) comes from English anadromous, from Ancient Greek ἀνάδρομος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
nonanadromous (English): Not anadromous
Definitions
- Not anadromous
Ancestry of “nonanadromous”, step by step
nonanadromous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anadromous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anadromous | That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάδρομος | anadromous, of a fish entering a river from the sea |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |