Etymology

nonradiative

N1O1N1R1A1D2I1A1T1I1V4E1

Today it means: Not radiative Full definition →

English radiative ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān-
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The story

  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. Englishradiative
  15. English todaynonradiative

From non- + radiative.

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