Where does “nonretroreflective” come from?
nonretroreflective (English) comes from English retroreflective, from English reflective, from English reflect, from Old French reflecter, from Latin reflectō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
nonretroreflective (English): Not retroreflective
Ancestry of “nonretroreflective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | retroreflective | Tending to reflect light back to its source with... |
| 2 | English | reflective | That reflects, or redirects back to the source;... |
| 3 | English | reflect | To bend back from a surface; To be bent back ... |
| 4 | Old French | reflecter | — |
| 5 | Latin | reflectō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |