Where does “nonclassifiable” come from?
nonclassifiable (English) comes from English classifiable, from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse — to call, cry, summon.
nonclassifiable (English): Not classifiable
Definitions
- Not classifiable
Ancestry of “nonclassifiable”, step by step
nonclassifiable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English classifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classifiable | Able to be classified |
| 2 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 3 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 4 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 5 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 6 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 7 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 8 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 9 | Russian | класс | class |
| 10 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |