Where does “nonappetitive” come from?
nonappetitive (English) comes from English appetitive, from English appetite, from Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
nonappetitive (English): Not appetitive
Ancestry of “nonappetitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | appetitive | Having the quality of desiring gratification |
| 2 | English | appetite | Desire to eat food or consume drink; Any strong... |
| 3 | Middle English | appetit | — |
| 4 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 5 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 6 | Latin | appetō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |