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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

  1. One who is not an anthropologist

Ancestry of “nonanthropologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthropologistOne who is versed in anthropology
2EnglishanthropologyThe holistic scientific and social study of...
3New Latinanthropologiaanthropology
4Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
5Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
6Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
7Proto-Italic-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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