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Where does “nondidactic” come from?

nondidactic (English) comes from English didactic, from French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός, from Ancient Greek διδακτός, from Ancient Greek διδάσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

nondidactic (English): Not didactic

Definitions

  1. Not didactic

Ancestry of “nondidactic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdidacticInstructive or intended to teach or demonstrate,...
2Frenchdidactiquedidactic; didacticism
3Ancient Greekδιδακτικόςskilled in teaching
4Ancient Greekδιδακτόςtaught, learnt
5Ancient GreekδιδάσκωI teach, instruct, train
6Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
7Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
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