Where does “nonoriginalist” come from?
nonoriginalist (English) comes from English originalist, from English original, from Middle English original, from Old French original, from Latin orīginālis, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
nonoriginalist (English): One who is not an originalist
Definitions
- One who is not an originalist
Ancestry of “nonoriginalist”, step by step
nonoriginalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English originalist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | originalist | One who has, or tends to have, original ideas;... |
| 2 | English | original | relating to the origin or beginning; preceding... |
| 3 | Middle English | original | original, primordial; preceding everything else;... |
| 4 | Old French | original | — |
| 5 | Latin | orīginālis | original |
| 6 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 7 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |