Where does “nonbulkhead” come from?
nonbulkhead (English) comes from English bulkhead, from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
nonbulkhead (English): Not of or relating to a bulkhead
Definitions
- Not of or relating to a bulkhead
Ancestry of “nonbulkhead”, step by step
nonbulkhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bulkhead
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bulkhead | A vertical partition dividing the hull into... |
| 2 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |