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Where does “nongrammatically” come from?

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

nongrammatically (English): In a nongrammatical manner

Definitions

  1. In a nongrammatical manner

Ancestry of “nongrammatically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnongrammaticalNot grammatical
2EnglishgrammaticalNot breaching any constraints of the grammar, or...
3Middle Frenchgrammatical—
4Latingrammaticalisgrammatical; of or pertaining to grammar
5Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
6Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
7Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
8Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
9Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
10Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
12Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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