Where does “nonatomic” come from?

nonatomic (English) comes from English atomic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

nonatomic (English): Not atomic; Having nine atoms in each molecule

Definitions

  1. Not atomic; Having nine atoms in each molecule

Ancestry of “nonatomic”, step by step

nonatomic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English atomic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishatomicOf or relating to atoms; composed of atoms;...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Nona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNonaThe youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én