Where does “nonintumescent” come from?
nonintumescent (English) comes from English intumescent, from Latin intumēscēns, from Latin intumescō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
nonintumescent (English): Not intumescent
Definitions
- Not intumescent
Ancestry of “nonintumescent”, step by step
nonintumescent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intumescent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intumescent | That becomes swollen, especially upon exposure to... |
| 2 | Latin | intumēscēns | swelling |
| 3 | Latin | intumescō | to become swollen |
| 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 |