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Where does “nongrammatical” come from?

nongrammatical (English) comes from English grammatical, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

nongrammatical (English): Not grammatical

Definitions

  1. Not grammatical

Ancestry of “nongrammatical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrammaticalNot breaching any constraints of the grammar, or...
2Middle Frenchgrammatical—
3Latingrammaticalisgrammatical; of or pertaining to grammar
4Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
5Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
6Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
7Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
8Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
9Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
11Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “nongrammatical”

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