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

nonulcer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ulcer

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-—

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos →Every word from Proto-Italic elkos →