Where does “nonmodal” come from?

nonmodal (English) comes from English modal, from Middle French modal, from Latin modalis, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

nonmodal (English): Not modal

Definitions

Not modal

Ancestry of “nonmodal”, step by step

nonmodal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modal

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	modal	of, or relating to a mode or modus; of, relating...
2	Middle French	modal	—
3	Latin	modalis	pertaining to a mode
4	Latin	modus	measure
5	Proto-Indo-European	mēd-	to measure
6	Proto-Indo-European	med-	to measure; to give advice; healing

via English non

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	non	Obsolete form of none
2	French	non	no; not; a no, a negative response
3	Old French	non	no; not; Alternative form of nom
4	Latin	nōn	not
5	Old Latin	noenum	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	óynos	one; single

Words derived from “nonmodal”

nonmodally

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