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Where does “nonulcer” come from?

nonulcer (English) comes from English ulcer, from Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

nonulcer (English): Not an ulcer

Definitions

  1. Not an ulcer

Ancestry of “nonulcer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishulcerAn open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous...
2Old Frenchulcereulcer
3Latinulcussore, ulcer, wound
4Latinolcos—
5Proto-Italicelkos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élḱoswound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—
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