Where does “nonnaive” come from?

nonnaive (English) comes from English naïve, from French naïve, from Latin nātīvus, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nonnaive (English): Not naive

Definitions

  1. Not naive

Ancestry of “nonnaive”, step by step

nonnaive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English naïve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaïveAlternative spelling of naive
2Frenchnaïvefeminine singular of naïf
3Latinnātīvuscreated, made
4Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
5Latingnātus—
6Proto-Italicgnātosborn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

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 ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós →Every word from Proto-Italic gnātos →