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Where does “nonlinguistic” come from?

Nonlinguistic derives from English linguistic, which comes from Latin nōna and Latin nōnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "nine."

nonlinguistic (English): Not linguistic

Definitions

  1. Not linguistic

Ancestry of “nonlinguistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinguisticOf or relating to language; Of or relating to...
2Germanlinguistischlinguistic
3GermanLinguistiklinguistics
4EnglishlinguisticsThe scientific study of language
5English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
6English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
7EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
8Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
9Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
10Spanishimagenimage
11Italianimmagineimage; imago
12Latinimāginem—
13Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
14Latinīn-—
15Latinîn—
16Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
17Proto-Italicenin
18Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →