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Where does “nonhorizontal” come from?

nonhorizontal (English) comes from English horizontal, from Middle French horizontal, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.

nonhorizontal (English): Not horizontal

Definitions

  1. Not horizontal

Ancestry of “nonhorizontal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhorizontalperpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the...
2Middle Frenchhorizontal—
3Latinhorizōn—
4Ancient Greekὁρίζωνhorizon
5Ancient Greekὅροςboundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking...
6Proto-Hellenicwórwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerw-—

Words derived from “nonhorizontal”

  • nonhorizontally
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