Etymology

noncumulatively

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Today it means: In a manner that is not cumulative. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English noncumulative
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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*ḱewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  16. Latincumulus
  17. Latincumulō
  18. Latincumulātus
  19. Englishcumulate
  20. Englishcumulative
  21. Englishnoncumulative
  22. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  23. Proto-Germanic*līką
  24. English todaynoncumulatively

From noncumulative + -ly.

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