Where does “nonfilter” come from?
nonfilter (English) comes from English filter, from German filter, from French filtré, from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish filtir, from Frankish *felt, from Proto-Germanic *felt, from Proto-Indo-European peld- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
nonfilter (English): Not having a filter; A cigarette without a filter
Definitions
- Not having a filter; A cigarette without a filter
Ancestry of “nonfilter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | filter | A device which separates a suspended, dissolved,... |
| 2 | German | filter | inflection of filtern:
## first-person singular... |
| 3 | French | filtré | past participle of filtrer; filtered |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | filtrum | felt |
| 5 | Frankish | filtir | — |
| 6 | Frankish | *felt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *felt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peld- | something beaten or compressed; felt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |