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Where does “nontactile” come from?

nontactile (English) comes from English tactile, from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis, from Latin tāctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nontactile (English): Not tactile

Definitions

  1. Not tactile

Ancestry of “nontactile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtactileTangible; perceptible to the sense of touch; Used...
2Middle Frenchtactile—
3Latintactilistangible
4Latintāctus—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →