Where does “nonghetto” come from?
nonghetto (English) comes from English ghetto, from Italian ghetto, from Italian borghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
nonghetto (English): Not a ghetto, or not of or pertaining to one
Definitions
- Not a ghetto, or not of or pertaining to one
Ancestry of “nonghetto”, step by step
nonghetto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ghetto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ghetto | An area of a city in which Jews are concentrated... |
| 2 | Italian | ghetto | ghetto |
| 3 | Italian | borghetto | hamlet; shanty town |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |