nonverbal

/nɒnˈvɜːbəl/non-VUR-buhl

/nɑnˈvɝbəl/nahn-VUR-buhl

Meaningwithout words

Common meaning: without using words

nonnot
verba wordLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1972 · scan
aladjective ending: relating to

‘not’ + ‘a word’ → nonverbal

Journey through time

Latinverbum, -ī‘a word’
Frenchverbe
Englishnonverbal‘without using words’ · today

non- also in: nonchalant nontrivial nonphysical nonresident nonverbally

verb also in: nonverbally

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

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Origin: Built on Latin verbum ‘a word’.

Roots

verbum, -ī Latin “a word”

Related words

nonverbally proverb

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