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Where does “noncoralline” come from?

noncoralline (English) comes from English coralline, from French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον, from Ancient Greek ἅλς, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

noncoralline (English): Not coralline

Definitions

  1. Not coralline

Ancestry of “noncoralline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcorallineOf, relating to or pertaining to or resembling...
2Frenchcorallin—
3Latincorallinus—
4Latincoralliumcoral
5Ancient Greekκοράλλιονcoral
6Ancient Greekἅλςsalt; brine; sea
7Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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