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Where does “nonfissile” come from?

nonfissile (English) comes from English fissile, from Latin fissilis, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

nonfissile (English): Not fissile

Definitions

  1. Not fissile

Ancestry of “nonfissile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfissileAble to be split; Easily split along a grain;...
2Latinfissilis—
3Latinfindō—
4Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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