Etymology

nonneoplastic

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Today it means: Not neoplastic. Full definition →

English neoplastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
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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*nu
  15. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  17. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  18. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  19. Englishneo-
  20. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  21. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  22. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  23. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  24. Latinplasticus
  25. Englishplastic
  26. Englishneoplastic
  27. English todaynonneoplastic

From non- + neoplastic.

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