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

  1. Not metazoan

Ancestry of “nonmetazoan”, step by step

nonmetazoan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metazoan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetazoanAny animal that undergoes development from an...
2TranslingualMetazoakingdom
3Translingual-zoaanimals
4Ancient Greekζῷονanimal, beast; form, image
5Proto-Hellenicďṓyyonanimal, creature, beast
6Proto-Hellenicgʷyōwyon
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷyeh₃w-y-om
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti