Where does “nonattenuative” come from?
nonattenuative (English) comes from English attenuative, from English attenuate, from Latin attenuatus, from Latin attenuo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
nonattenuative (English): Not attenuative
Definitions
- Not attenuative
Ancestry of “nonattenuative”, step by step
nonattenuative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attenuative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attenuative | Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of... |
| 2 | English | attenuate | To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or... |
| 3 | Latin | attenuatus | thinned, reduced, attenuated; weakened,... |
| 4 | Latin | attenuo | I make thin, attenuate, thin, reduce; I make... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |