Where does “nonraster” come from?
nonraster (English) comes from English raster, from German Raster, from Latin raster, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
nonraster (English): Not of or pertaining to rasters
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to rasters
Ancestry of “nonraster”, step by step
nonraster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English raster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raster | A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form... |
| 2 | German | Raster | raster; framework, schema |
| 3 | Latin | raster | to scrape |
| 4 | Latin | rāstrum | rake, hoe, mattock |
| 5 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -trom | suffix forming instrument nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |