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Where does “ungrammaticality” come from?

ungrammaticality (English) comes from English ungrammatical, from English grammatical, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

ungrammaticality (English): The state or quality of being ungrammatical

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being ungrammatical

Ancestry of “ungrammaticality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishungrammaticalIn violation of one or more of the rules and...
2EnglishgrammaticalNot breaching any constraints of the grammar, or...
3Middle Frenchgrammatical—
4Latingrammaticalisgrammatical; of or pertaining to grammar
5Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
6Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
7Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
8Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
9Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
10Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
12Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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