Where does “nontransparent” come from?
nontransparent (English) comes from English transparent, from English parent, from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
nontransparent (English): Not transparent; lacking transparence; opaque
Definitions
- Not transparent; lacking transparence; opaque
Ancestry of “nontransparent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transparent | See-through, clear; having the property that... |
| 2 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 3 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 5 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |