Where does “nonactionable” come from?
nonactionable (English) comes from English actionable, from English action, from Middle English accioun, from Old French aucion, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonactionable (English): Not actionable
Definitions
- Not actionable
Ancestry of “nonactionable”, step by step
nonactionable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English actionable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | actionable | That can be acted on; that can be used as the... |
| 2 | English | action | Something done, often so as to accomplish a... |
| 3 | Middle English | accioun | An action; an act, behaviour or attribute |
| 4 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 5 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |