Where does “noncalculus” come from?
noncalculus (English) comes from English calculus, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
noncalculus (English): Not of or pertaining to calculus
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to calculus
Ancestry of “noncalculus”, step by step
noncalculus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English calculus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calculus | Calculation; computation; Any formal system in... |
| 2 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |