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Where does “nonetiolated” come from?

nonetiolated (English) comes from English etiolated, from English etiolate, from French étiolé, from French étioler, from French étieuler, from Old French estuble, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

nonetiolated (English): Not etiolated

Definitions

  1. Not etiolated

Ancestry of “nonetiolated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishetiolatedOf a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak...
2EnglishetiolateTo make pale through lack of light, especially of...
3Frenchétiolépast participle of étioler
4Frenchétiolerto etiolate
5Frenchétieuler—
6Old Frenchestublestubble
7Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
8Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
9Proto-Italicstipsstalk
10Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect
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