Where does “nonoperative” come from?
Nonoperative derives from English operative combined with the prefix non-, from Latin nōna (feminine of nōnus, "ninth") and Latin novem ("nine"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥.
nonoperative (English): Not requiring or involving a medical operation or...
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- Not requiring or involving a medical operation or...
Ancestry of “nonoperative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | operative | Effectual or important; Functional, in working... |
| 2 | Middle English | operative | — |
| 3 | Middle French | operatif | — |
| 4 | Latin | operativus | creative, formative |
| 5 | Latin | operō | — |
| 6 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |