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Where does “nonexperimental” come from?

Nonexperimental derives from English experimental, which combines English experiment from Latin experimentum (a trial or test) and English non- from Latin novem (nine) through Latin -mentum (suffix forming nouns of action or state).

nonexperimental (English): Not experimental

Definitions

  1. Not experimental

Ancestry of “nonexperimental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishExperimental—
2EnglishexperimentA test under controlled conditions made to either...
3Old Frenchesperimentexperience
4Latinexperimentumtest, trial, experiment; experience
5LatinexperiorI attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I...
6Latinpariō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “nonexperimental”

  • nonexperimentally
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