Etymology

nonaccumulative

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Today it means: Not accumulative; that does not accumulate. Full definition →

English accumulative ← Middle English accumylaten ← Latin accumulātus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  15. Proto-Italic*ad
  16. Proto-Italic*ad-
  17. Latinad-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  20. Latincumulus
  21. Latincumulō
  22. Latinaccumulō
  23. Latinaccumulātus
  24. Middle Englishaccumylaten
  25. Englishaccumulate
  26. Englishaccumulative
  27. English todaynonaccumulative

From non- + accumulative.

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