nonprescriptive

Questions

What does nonprescriptive mean?

Not prescriptive.

Where does nonprescriptive come from?

Etymology tree 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 English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English prescriptive English nonprescriptive From non- + prescriptive.

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