Where does “nonbilayer” come from?

nonbilayer (English) comes from English bilayer, from English layer, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.

nonbilayer (English): Describing a lipid that does not form a bilayer

Definitions

  1. Describing a lipid that does not form a bilayer

Ancestry of “nonbilayer”, step by step

nonbilayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bilayer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbilayerAny structure consisting of two layers of...
2EnglishlayerA single thickness of some material covering a...
3EnglishlayTo place down in a position of rest, or in a...
4EnglishLeefor someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag)
5IrishLaoilay, song
6Middle Irishláed
7EnglishloidA lock-picking tool made from a piece of...
8EnglishcelluloidAny of a variety of thermoplastics created from...
9EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
10Frenchcellulosecellulose
11Frenchcellulecell; table cell
12Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
13Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
14Proto-Italic-olos
15Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
16Proto-Indo-European-e-lós

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós
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