Where does “nonloxodromic” come from?
nonloxodromic (English) comes from English loxodromic, from French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
nonloxodromic (English): Not loxodromic
Definitions
- Not loxodromic
Ancestry of “nonloxodromic”, step by step
nonloxodromic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English loxodromic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | loxodromic | Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the... |
| 2 | French | loxodromique | loxodromic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |