Where does “nonimprover” come from?
nonimprover (English) comes from English improver, from English improv, from English improvisation, from French improvisation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonimprover (English): Someone who, or something that does not improve
Definitions
- Someone who, or something that does not improve
Ancestry of “nonimprover”, step by step
nonimprover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English improver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | improver | Something that, or someone who, improves... |
| 2 | English | improv | Improvisation |
| 3 | English | improvisation | The act or art of composing and making music,... |
| 4 | French | improvisation | improvisation all meanings |
| 5 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 6 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 7 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 8 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |