nonautomotive

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adjective

Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.

OriginEnglish automotive ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum →
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Meanings

adjectivenonautomotive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot automotive; not relating to automobiles.

Origin

  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*h₂ew
  15. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  18. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  19. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  20. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  21. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  22. Englishauto-
  23. Anglo-Normanmotif
  24. Middle Frenchmotif
  25. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  27. Proto-Italic*moweō
  28. Latinmoveō
  29. Latinmōtus
  30. Late Latinmōtīvum
  31. Middle Englishmotif
  32. Englishmotive
  33. Englishautomotive
  34. Englishnonautomotive

From non- + automotive.

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APA

nonautomotive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonautomotive

MLA

“nonautomotive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonautomotive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonautomotive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonautomotive.

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