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Where does “unalliterative” come from?

unalliterative (English) comes from English alliterative, from English alliterate, from English alliteration, from New Latin allīterātiō, from Latin alliteratus, from Latin allitero, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic.

unalliterative (English): Not alliterative

Definitions

  1. Not alliterative

Ancestry of “unalliterative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalliterativeIn the form or style of alliteration
2EnglishalliterateTo exhibit alliteration; To use so as to make...
3EnglishalliterationThe repetition of consonant sounds at the...
4New Latinallīterātiō—
5Latinalliteratus—
6Latinallitero—
7LatinAd—
8Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
9Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
10LatinolleArchaic form of ille
11Proto-Italic*olnos—
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