Where does “nonultrafilterable” come from?
nonultrafilterable (English) comes from English ultrafilterable, from English ultrafilter, from English filter, from German filter, from French filtré, from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish filtir, from Frankish *felt — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
nonultrafilterable (English): Not ultrafilterable
Definitions
- Not ultrafilterable
Ancestry of “nonultrafilterable”, step by step
nonultrafilterable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ultrafilterable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ultrafilterable | Able to undergo ultrafiltration |
| 2 | English | ultrafilter | A device that performs ultrafiltration; A proper... |
| 3 | English | filter | A device which separates a suspended, dissolved,... |
| 4 | German | filter | inflection of filtern: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | French | filtré | past participle of filtrer; filtered |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | filtrum | felt |
| 7 | Frankish | filtir | — |
| 8 | Frankish | *felt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *felt | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peld- | something beaten or compressed; felt |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |