Where does “nonmetazoan” come from?
nonmetazoan (English) comes from English metazoan, from Translingual Metazoa, from Translingual -zoa, from Ancient Greek ζῷον, from Proto-Hellenic ďṓyyon, from Proto-Hellenic gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European gʷyeh₃w-y-om, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
nonmetazoan (English): Not metazoan
Definitions
- Not metazoan
Ancestry of “nonmetazoan”, step by step
nonmetazoan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metazoan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metazoan | Any animal that undergoes development from an... |
| 2 | Translingual | Metazoa | kingdom |
| 3 | Translingual | -zoa | animals |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ζῷον | animal, beast; form, image |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | ďṓyyon | animal, creature, beast |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷyōwyon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷyeh₃w-y-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |