Where does “nonwoodiness” come from?
nonwoodiness (English) comes from English woodiness, from English woody, from English Woodrow, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus — ingot.
nonwoodiness (English): The state of being not woody
Definitions
- The state of being not woody
Ancestry of “nonwoodiness”, step by step
nonwoodiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English woodiness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woodiness | The state of being woody |
| 2 | English | woody | Covered in woods; wooded; Belonging to the woods;... |
| 3 | English | Woodrow | for a dweller in a row of houses near a wood |
| 4 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 5 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 6 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 7 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 9 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 10 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 12 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 13 | French | litre | litre |
| 14 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |