Where does “nontransposable” come from?
nontransposable (English) comes from English transposable, from English transpose, from Old French transposer, from Latin transpositus, from Latin transpono, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
nontransposable (English): Not transposable
Definitions
- Not transposable
Ancestry of “nontransposable”, step by step
nontransposable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transposable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transposable | able to be transposed |
| 2 | English | transpose | To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange |
| 3 | Old French | transposer | — |
| 4 | Latin | transpositus | transferred |
| 5 | Latin | transpono | I place over or across; I transfer |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |