Where does “nonopaque” come from?
nonopaque (English) comes from English opaque, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
nonopaque (English): Not opaque
Definitions
- Not opaque
Ancestry of “nonopaque”, step by step
nonopaque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English opaque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opaque | Neither reflecting nor emitting light; Allowing... |
| 2 | French | opacité | opacity; opaqueness |
| 3 | Latin | opacitas | shadiness, shade |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |