Where does “nonstratifiable” come from?
nonstratifiable (English) comes from English stratifiable, from English stratify, from French stratifier, from French strate, from Latin strātum, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
nonstratifiable (English): Not stratifiable
Definitions
- Not stratifiable
Ancestry of “nonstratifiable”, step by step
nonstratifiable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stratifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stratifiable | Capable of being stratified |
| 2 | English | stratify | To become separated out into distinct layers or... |
| 3 | French | stratifier | to stratify |
| 4 | French | strate | stratum |
| 5 | Latin | strātum | a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |