Meanings
adjectivenonantibacterial (not comparable)
- not comparableNot antibacterial.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactēria
- Englishbacteria
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishbacterial
- Englishantibacterial
- Englishnonantibacterial
From non- + antibacterial.
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APA
nonantibacterial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonantibacterial
MLA
“nonantibacterial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonantibacterial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonantibacterial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonantibacterial.
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