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
- In a nongrammatical manner
Ancestry of “nongrammatically”, step by step
nongrammatically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nongrammatical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nongrammatical | Not grammatical |
| 2 | English | grammatical | Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or... |
| 3 | Middle French | grammatical | — |
| 4 | Latin | grammaticalis | grammatical; of or pertaining to grammar |
| 5 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |