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Where does “nondeteriorative” come from?

nondeteriorative (English) comes from English deteriorative, from English deteriorate, from Latin dēteriorātus, from Latin dēteriorō, from Latin deterior, from Latin dēter, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

nondeteriorative (English): Not deteriorative

Definitions

  1. Not deteriorative

Ancestry of “nondeteriorative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeteriorativeCausing deterioration
2EnglishdeteriorateTo make worse; to make inferior in quality or...
3Latindēteriorātus—
4Latindēteriorō—
5Latindeteriorworse
6Latindēter—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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