Where does “nonunimodal” come from?

nonunimodal (English) comes from English unimodal, from English modal, from Middle French modal, from Latin modalis, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

nonunimodal (English): Not unimodal

Definitions

  1. Not unimodal

Ancestry of “nonunimodal”, step by step

nonunimodal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English unimodal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunimodalHaving, or operating in, a single mode
2Englishmodalof, or relating to a mode or modus; of, relating...
3Middle Frenchmodal—
4Latinmodalispertaining to a mode
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

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-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →