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Where does “nonpervasive” come from?

nonpervasive (English) comes from English pervasive, from Latin pervāsus, from Latin pervādō, from Latin vādō, from Latin vadere, from Latin vado, from Proto-Italic wāðō, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

nonpervasive (English): Not pervasive

Definitions

  1. Not pervasive

Ancestry of “nonpervasive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpervasiveManifested throughout; pervading, permeating,...
2Latinpervāsus—
3Latinpervādō—
4Latinvādō—
5Latinvaderesecond-person singular present passive...
6LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
7Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
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