Etymology

nonparaneoplastic

Today it means: Not paraneoplastic. Full definition →

English paraneoplastic ← 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*per-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  17. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  18. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
  19. Englishpara-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  21. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  22. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  23. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  24. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  25. Englishneo-
  26. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  27. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  28. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  29. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  30. Latinplasticus
  31. Englishplastic
  32. Englishneoplastic
  33. Englishparaneoplastic
  34. English todaynonparaneoplastic

From non- + paraneoplastic.

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