nondenominational
Meaningnot of a named body
Common meaning: open to all branches of a religion
- nonnot
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- nomina nameLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1213 · scan
- ationnoun ending: act or result
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘not’ + ‘down, away, off’ + ‘a name’ → nondenominational
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin nōmen ‘a name’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry nōmen, p. 1213 · dictionary scan
Roots
- nōmen, -inis Latin “a name”
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