Where does “nonaxenic” come from?

nonaxenic (English) comes from English axenic, from English xenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

nonaxenic (English): Not axenic

Definitions

  1. Not axenic

Ancestry of “nonaxenic”, step by step

nonaxenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English axenic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaxenicContaining only a single species of...
2EnglishxenicRelating to xenic acid; Containing an...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-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-Europeannot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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