Where does “nonsebaceous” come from?
nonsebaceous (English) comes from English sebaceous, from Latin sebaceus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
nonsebaceous (English): Not sebaceous
Definitions
- Not sebaceous
Ancestry of “nonsebaceous”, step by step
nonsebaceous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sebaceous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sebaceous | of or relating to fat, sebum; oozing fat;... |
| 2 | Latin | sebaceus | tallow candle |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |