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Where does “noninterrogative” come from?

noninterrogative (English) comes from English interrogative, from Latin interrogativus, from Latin interrogō, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

noninterrogative (English): Not interrogative

Definitions

  1. Not interrogative

Ancestry of “noninterrogative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterrogativeAsking or denoting a question: as, an...
2LatininterrogativusOf or pertaining to a question; interrogative
3Latininterrogō—
4Latininterbetween, among; during, while
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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