Where does β€œnonattachment” come from?

nonattachment (English) comes from English attachment, from French attachement, from French attacher, from Old French atachier, from Old French estachier, from Old French estache, from Medieval Latin staca, from Gothic πƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ° β€” to cover; pole, stick, beam.

nonattachment (English): Lack of attachment, especially freedom from...

Definitions

  1. Lack of attachment, especially freedom from...

Ancestry of β€œnonattachment”, step by step

nonattachment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English attachment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattachmentThe act or process of attaching; A strong...
2Frenchattachementattachment
3Frenchattacherto affix, bind, tie something to something else,...
4Old Frenchatachierto attach
5Old FrenchestachierAlternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten...
6Old Frenchestachestake; strap
7Medieval Latinstacaa stake
8Gothicπƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ°β€”
9Proto-GermanicstakΓ΄stake
10Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenumβ€”
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanΓ³ynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- β†’