Where does “nonanthropologist” come from?
nonanthropologist (English) comes from English anthropologist, from English anthropology, from New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
nonanthropologist (English): One who is not an anthropologist
Definitions
- One who is not an anthropologist
Ancestry of “nonanthropologist”, step by step
nonanthropologist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anthropologist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anthropologist | One who is versed in anthropology |
| 2 | English | anthropology | The holistic scientific and social study of... |
| 3 | New Latin | anthropologia | anthropology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |