Where does “noninflecting” come from?
noninflecting (English) comes from English inflecting, from English inflect, from Latin īnflectō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
noninflecting (English): That does not inflect
Definitions
- That does not inflect
Ancestry of “noninflecting”, step by step
noninflecting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inflecting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inflecting | present participle of inflect |
| 2 | English | inflect | To cause to curve inwards; To change the tone or... |
| 3 | Latin | īnflectō | to bend, curve, bow |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |