Where does “nondeforming” come from?
nondeforming (English) comes from English deforming, from English deform, from Middle English deformen, from Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, from Latin deformo, from Latin de-, from Latin de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
nondeforming (English): Not causing or undergoing deformation
Definitions
- Not causing or undergoing deformation
Ancestry of “nondeforming”, step by step
nondeforming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deforming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deforming | present participle of deform |
| 2 | English | deform | To change the form of, usually negatively; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | deformen | to deform |
| 4 | Old French | deformer | — |
| 5 | Latin | deformare | present active infinitive of dēfōrmō;... |
| 6 | Latin | deformo | I form, fashion; I design, delineate, describe; I... |
| 7 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |